...call upon all school districts to provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools whereby att children of the state may receive a good common school education. The use of the word all indicates that it is not intended that any child should be excluded. On such a...

...53. cational policy: defining a way of life and limiting government. The first decreed that the state "provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools, whereby all children of this State may receive a good common school education." In addition, the constitution prohibited the...