Opinion ID: 2615891
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The immediate duty rests upon the Legislature.

Text: [16] As we indicated in Section IX, the State must make ample provision for the basic education of our resident children through a general and uniform system supported by dependable and regular tax sources. While Const. art. 9, § 1 imposes upon the State the basic duty of making ample provision for the education of all [resident] children, it is not self-executing insofar as legislation is required to give effect to the mandate. However, the fact that the Legislature possesses an ultimate obligation to act is not to say that it may act or not act as it chooses. The duty to act as well as the duty to do so within the parameters of Const. art. 9, §§ 1 and 2 is constitutionally required.