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whichever you choose to call it. It ought to provide
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for the establishment of a State education agency. The
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existing Constitution makes no mention of a State educa-
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tion agency. The one in 1864 did, but this does not.
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It ought to provide for the support of the
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public school system by the General Assembly through
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taxation, which this one does. Then it ought to provide
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the adequate safeguards for the administration of a
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system of free public schools. Fortunately, I've been
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a member of the National Committee, the Study Commission
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of the chief State school officers for more than fifteen
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years and one of the things we have concerned ourselves
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with is the State Department of Education, and about ten
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years ago we prepared a little bulletin called the State
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Department of Education, which was revised in 1963, and
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that bulletin sets forth the following as to the con-
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stitutional provisions for education.
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It says the State Constitution should contain
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the basic provisions for the establishment of a central
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education agency and should empower and direct the
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legislature to formulate a general plan for placing
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