All the said institutions shall forever remain strictly nonsectarian in character, and no creed or system of religion shall be taught in any of them.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 71; C.L. 1897, § 3648; Code 1915, § 5177; C.S. 1929, § 130-1412; 1941 Comp., § 55-2822; 1953 Comp., § 73-30-16.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Effect on school for the deaf. — Neither the constitution nor statutes prohibit religious training given by someone not connected with a state educational institution after school hours. Use of the grounds and property of the institution are subject to control of the governing board. Such religious instruction must be wholly voluntary on the part of the students and entirely dissociated from the curriculum or course of instruction of the institution and its faculty. If use of tax supported institutional grounds or buildings is permitted to one denomination, the same privilege should be granted to all denominations seeking the privilege, without discrimination. 1947 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 47-5075.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 16 Am. Jur. 2d Constitutional Law §§ 465, 466, 481.
Sectarianism in schools, 5 A.L.R. 866, 141 A.L.R. 1144, 45 A.L.R.2d 742.
Validity, under state constitution and laws, of issuance by state or state agency of revenue bonds to finance or refinance construction projects at private, religious-affiliated colleges or universities, 95 A.L.R.3d 1000.
Validity and construction of public school regulation of student distribution of religious documents at school, 136 A.L.R. Fed. 551.
14A C.J.S. Colleges and Universities § 7; 16A C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 518 to 521, 523.
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