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1999 New Mexico Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1999)

handle is hein.sag/sagnm0043 and id is 1 raw text is: 01/12/00 09:41 FAX 505 827 5826 N.H.A.G. OFFICE - Attorney General of New Mexico PATRICIA A. MADRID Attorney General FRANK D. KATZ Deputy Attorney General January 29, 1999 OPINION OF PATRICIA A. MADRID Attorney General Opinion No. 99-01 BY: Elizabeth A. Glenn Assistant Attorney General TO: The Honorable Luciano Lucky Varela State Representative 1709 Callejon Zenaida Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 QUESTION: Is a school voucher program involving the use of public money to provide parents of children attending private schools with tuition assistance permissible under the New Mexico Constitution? CONCLUSION: A school voucher program involving the use of public money to provide parents of private school children with tuition assistance raises serious and substantial state constitutional questions, most significantly under Article XII, Section 3, which proscribes the use of public money for the support of private schools, and the antidonation clause of Article IX, Section 14. Legislation has been and is expected to continue to be introduced to provide for a school voucher program under which vouchers would be issued to parents of children attending private schools and used to defray the tuition costs of those schools. The vouchers would be redeemed by the private schools and paid with public money. Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1508 505/ 827-000 Q l023 PO Drawer 1508 Fax 5051 827-5826

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