Legal Opinion
Sheldon Jackson College v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 28, 1979No. Nos. 3978, 4002PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
The final sentence of article VII, section 1 of our state constitution prohibits the payment of money from public funds “for the direct benefit of any religious or other private educational institution.”1 The question in this case is whether Alaska’s tuition grant program, AS 14.40.751-.806, violates this provision.
The tuition grant program awards Alaska residents attending private colleges in Alaska an amount generally equal to the difference between the tuition charged by the student’s private college and the tuition charged by a public college in the same area, not…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Sheldon Jackson College v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979