Arizona

AMENDMENT LANGUAGE

State Constitutional Provision

Ariz. Const. art. II, § 12: "No public money or property shall be appropriated for or applied to any religious worship, exercise, or instruction, or to the support of any religious establishment."

Ariz. Const. art. IX, § 10: "No tax shall be laid or appropriation of public money made in aid of any church, or private or sectarian school, or any public service corporation."

RELEVANT CASES

State Courts

Kotterman v. Killian, 972 P.2d 606 (Ariz. 1999).

Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School Dist., 509 U.S. 1 (1993) (U.S. Supreme Court reversed decision of Arizona District Court, which had been affirmed by the Ninth Circuit; Supreme Court held that neither the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution nor the Arizona Constitution prohibited a school district from providing an interpreter for a deaf student attending a Catholic high school).

Pratt v. Arizona Board of Regents, 520 P.2d 514 (Ariz. 1974).

Community Council v. Jordan, 432 P.2d 460 (Ariz. 1967).

Federal Courts

Arizona Civil Liberties Union v. Dunham, 112 F.Supp.2d 927
(D.Ariz. 2000).

REPEAL EFFORTS

See the Heritage Foundation website for a list of state contacts.