Constitution · New Jersey

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § 4, ¶ 1

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Constitution of New Jersey
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October 2026

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The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all the children in the State between the ages of five and eighteen years.

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