Common
school fund -- What constitutes -- Use -- Vote on tax for education other than in common
schools.
The
bond of the Commonwealth issued in favor of the Board of Education for the sum of one
million three hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars shall constitute one bond of the
Commonwealth in favor of the Board of Education, and this bond and the seventy-three
thousand five hundred dollars of the stock in the Bank of Kentucky, held by the Board of
Education, and its proceeds, shall be held inviolate for the purpose of sustaining the
system of common schools. The interest and dividends of said fund, together with any sum
which may be produced by taxation or otherwise for purposes of common school education,
shall be appropriated to the common schools, and to no other purpose. No sum shall be
raised or collected for education other than in common schools until the question of
taxation is submitted to the legal voters, and the majority of the votes cast at said
election shall be in favor of such taxation: Provided, The tax now imposed for educational
purposes, and for the endowment and maintenance of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College, shall remain until changed by law.
Text as
Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.
History: Not yet amended.