...inclusive an interpretation of these portions of it? The Illinois Constitution (article 8, § 1) requires the General Assembly to "provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools, whereby all children of the state may receive a good common school education," and the statutory enactments to...

...various lecturers, the fundamental law of our state is simple. The constitution promises that we "shall provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools whereby all the children may receive a good common school education." What the purpose of this enactment is appears from its...

...appeal was allowed and perfected, and the record has been filed in this court. The constitution requires the general assembly to provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools, whereby all children in this State may receive a good common-school education, and the statute provides for establishing...

...We have held the provision of the Constitution requiring the Legislature to provide a thorough und efficient system of free schools, whereby all the children of the state may receive a good common school education, is a mandate and also a limitation on the exercise of the legislative...

...act is that it is made the duty of the General Assembly by the Constitution to provide an efiicient system of free schools, whereby all the children of the state may receive a good common school education, while the act of 1919 discriminates between pupils, creates different...

...established, because it is in violation of the constitutional mandate that the General Assembly shall provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools, whereby all the children in the state may receive a good common school education. We have held that the validating act is constitutional...

...ineligibility to other offices while in the position, for his report to the governor. It directs the assembly to provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools whereby all children of the State may receive a good common-school education; that no public body or corporatin...

...entitled to an education. State constitutions and legislative enactment call upon all school districts to provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools whereby all children of the state may receive a good common school education. The use of the word all indicates...

...reasonable one? To the first question the Court merely quotes from the Constitution of the State, which directs the General Assembly to "provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools whereby all children of the State may receive a good common school education," and points out that the schools...

...transportation Survey Plans and Procedures Illinois is bound by its constitution, adopted in 1870, to provide "a thorough and efficient system of free schools, whereby all children of this state may receive a good common school education." " The prime obligation with respect...