Article 7 , which was titled ``Education The Public Free Schools . The concept of free public education , having been delayed after the Constitution of 1845 , was explicitly called out in the first section . Section 1 of that article states : ``A general diffusion of knowledge , being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people , it shall be the duty of the Legislature of this State to make suitable THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION OF 1876 PAGE 4 of 5 provisions...











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