Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 183

USE OF TAX REVENUES FOR SCHOOLS

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14, DELAWARE CODE, ENTITLED "EDUCATION" IN RESPECT TO USE OF TAX REVENUES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Chapter 15, Title 14, Delaware Code, is amended by adding the following new section thereto:

§ 1508. Limitation on use of tax revenues

No tax revenues of the State, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any School District, shall be used for the free public education of pupils living in the State on real property exempt from taxes levied on real property. The limitations of this section shall not apply to pupils living on real property owned by the State of Delaware or any of its political subdivisions, or by the Federal Government where such real property is used for non-military housing, or where such real estate is exempt from such taxes on account of the use of such property for charitable, educational or religious purposes.

Approved June 20, 1957.