Secretary of State No.
1926-r-4
Description
REQUIRING BIBLE IN SCHOOLS: Initiative measure amending Section 8 of Article IX of Constitution. Forbids appropriating public money for support of sectarian or denominational schools or those not exclusively controlled by public school officers; prohibits teaching sectarian or denominational doctrines, directly or indirectly, in public schools; authorizes purchase, with public funds, and use of Holy Bible therein, requiring copy thereof in every public school library and classroom; permits daily study thereof in school and reading therefrom by teacher, without comment, but requiring no pupil to read or hear it read, contrary to wishes of parent or guardian.
Date
7-23-1924
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Qualified
Recommended Citation
Requiring Bible In Schools California Initiative 1926-r-4 (1924).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/71