The legislative assembly shall provide for a uniform system of free public schools throughout the state, beginning with the primary and extending through all grades up to and including schools of higher education, except that the legislative assembly may authorize tuition, fees and service charges to assist in the financing of public schools of higher education.

[Originally § 148 of the 1889 constitution; renumbered art. VIII, § 2 effective 1981-01-01.]

[Amended effective 1968-10-03.]