Oregon

AMENDMENT LANGUAGE

State Constitutional Provision

Or. Const. art. I, § 5: "No money to be appropriated for religion. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any religeous (sic), or theological institution, nor shall any money be appropriated for the payment of any religeous (sic) services in either house of the Legislative Assembly."

RELEVANT CASES

State Courts

· Fisher v. Clackamas County School Dist. 12, 507 P.2d 839 (Or.App. 1973) (Both a “shared time” program, where students enrolled in parochial school received instruction in some subjects from public school teachers in parochial school classrooms stripped of religious symbols, and a “released time” program, where students allegedly enrolled in a public school that met at a private school facility were released from for religious instruction, violated the Oregon Constitution).

· Dickman v. School Dist. No. 62C, Oregon City, Clackamas County, 366 P.2d 533 (Or. 1961) (A state statute permitting funding of free textbooks to parochial school students violated Article I, Section 5 of the Oregon Constitution).

REPEAL EFFORTS

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