BOARD OF EDUCATION v. SINCLAIR

No. 268.

65 Wis.2d 179 (1974)

222 N.W.2d 143

BOARD OF EDUCATION, Respondent, v. SINCLAIR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Ebbeson & Jonjak and Paul L. Jonjak, all of Sturgeon Bay.

For the respondent there was a brief by J. D. McKay of Green Bay.


DAY, J.

We conclude that public schools may sell or charge fees for the use of books and items of a similar nature when authorized by statute without violating art. X, sec. 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution.

We are persuaded that when the framers of our constitution used the phrase "free and without charge for tuition to all children . . .," the word "free" meant without cost for physical facilities and equipment; "without charge for tuition" meant there should...

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