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Rhode Island

CH. 1
Chapter 1 State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
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CH. 2
Chapter 2 School Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
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CH. 2
Chapter 2.1 Civic Education Commission
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CH. 3
Chapter 3 Establishment of Regional School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
29 sectionsOpen →
CH. 3
Chapter 3.1 Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
22 sectionsOpen →
CH. 3
Chapter 3.2 School and Family Empowerment Act
9 sectionsOpen →
CH. 4
Chapter 4 Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 5
Chapter 5 State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
11 sectionsOpen →
CH. 6
Chapter 6 Teachers’ Salary Grants [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 7
Chapter 7 Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
50 sectionsOpen →
CH. 7
Chapter 7.1 The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
22 sectionsOpen →
CH. 7
Chapter 7.2 The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act
10 sectionsOpen →
CH. 8
Chapter 8 Federal Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
15 sectionsOpen →
CH. 9
Chapter 9 School Funds and Property
11 sectionsOpen →
CH. 10
Chapter 10 Consolidation of Schools [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 11
Chapter 11 Certification of Teachers [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
12 sectionsOpen →
CH. 11
Chapter 11.1 Athletic Coaches
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 11
Chapter 11.2 Qualifications of Teacher Assistants
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 11
Chapter 11.3 State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 11
Chapter 11.4 Rhode Island Certification Standards Board [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 12
Chapter 12 Rights and Duties of Teachers Generally
14 sectionsOpen →
CH. 12
Chapter 12.1 School Administrators’ Rights
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 13
Chapter 13 Teachers’ Tenure
9 sectionsOpen →
CH. 14
Chapter 14 Education of Teachers [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 15
Chapter 15 Teachers’ Pensions
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 16
Chapter 16 Teachers’ Retirement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
56 sectionsOpen →
CH. 17
Chapter 17 Retirement of Teachers in State Schools
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 17
Chapter 17.1 Alternate Provisions for Retirement of Teachers in State Colleges [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 17
Chapter 17.2 Compact for Pension Portability for Educators
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 18
Chapter 18 Annual Census of Children [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 19
Chapter 19 Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
11 sectionsOpen →
CH. 20
Chapter 20 Holidays and Days of Special Observance
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21 Health and Safety of Pupils
58 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21.1 Transportation of School Pupils Beyond City and Town Limits [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
9 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21.2 The Rhode Island Substance Abuse Prevention Act
11 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21.3 The Rhode Island Student Assistance Junior High/Middle School Act
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21.4 Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements and High School Athletes
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21.5 Student Interrogations
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21.6 Internet Filtering in Schools
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21.7 The Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 21
Chapter 21.8 School Emergency Drills Act.
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 22
Chapter 22 Curriculum [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
42 sectionsOpen →
CH. 22
Chapter 22.1 The Statewide Virtual Education Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 22
Chapter 22.2 Biliteracy Seal
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 23
Chapter 23 Textbooks
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 24
Chapter 24 Children With Disabilities [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
21 sectionsOpen →
CH. 24
Chapter 24.1 The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Education Act
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 25
Chapter 25 Education of Children Who Are Deaf or Blind [Repealed.]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 25
Chapter 25.1 Braille Instruction for Blind Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 25
Chapter 25.2 Instruction for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 25
Chapter 25.3 School Speech and Language Pathologists [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 25
Chapter 25.4 American Sign Language [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 26
Chapter 26 School for the Deaf [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
13 sectionsOpen →
CH. 26
Chapter 26.1 Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 27
Chapter 27 Vocational Rehabilitation [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 27
Chapter 27.1 Displaced Homemakers [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 28
Chapter 28 Educational Television [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 29
Chapter 29 Americanization Schools
14 sectionsOpen →
CH. 30
Chapter 30 Special Technical Institutes [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 31
Chapter 31 State Colleges [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 32
Chapter 32 University of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
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CH. 32
Chapter 32.1 The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
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CH. 33
Chapter 33 Rhode Island College [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
11 sectionsOpen →
CH. 33
Chapter 33.1 Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 34
Chapter 34 Nautical School [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 35
Chapter 35 School of Design
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CH. 36
Chapter 36 College of Pharmacy [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 37
Chapter 37 Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund
9 sectionsOpen →
CH. 38
Chapter 38 Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16 sectionsOpen →
CH. 39
Chapter 39 Controversies in School Matters [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
10 sectionsOpen →
CH. 40
Chapter 40 Private Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
19 sectionsOpen →
CH. 40
Chapter 40.1 Funds for Nonpublic School Record Keeping
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 41
Chapter 41 New England Higher Education Compact
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 42
Chapter 42 Education of Gifted Children [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 42
Chapter 42.1 Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Students
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 42
Chapter 42.2 Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Limited English Proficient Students
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 43
Chapter 43 Educational Programs Under the Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 44
Chapter 44 Community Colleges [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 45
Chapter 45 Regional Vocational Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16 sectionsOpen →
CH. 45
Chapter 45.1 Career and Technical Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 46
Chapter 46 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 46
Chapter 46.1 Rhode Island Cultural Arts Commission [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 47
Chapter 47 Compact for Education [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 48
Chapter 48 Educational Services to Very Young Children
9 sectionsOpen →
CH. 48
Chapter 48.1 Certification of Personnel Providing Educational Services to Very Young Children
8 sectionsOpen →
CH. 48
Chapter 48.2 Pilot Program for the Education of Kindergarten Students in the City of Woonsocket [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 49
Chapter 49 Board of Regents for Education [Repealed.]
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 50
Chapter 50 Correspondence Schools, Home Study, and Related Courses
10 sectionsOpen →
CH. 51
Chapter 51 Salary Supplements to Nonpublic Schoolteachers [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 52
Chapter 52 Maintenance of Order on Campus [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 53
Chapter 53 Rhode Island Board of Trustees on Career and Technical Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
13 sectionsOpen →
CH. 53
Chapter 53.1 Rhode Island School Improvement Team Act
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 54
Chapter 54 Education of Limited English Proficient Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 55
Chapter 55 Educational Benefits for Persons over Sixty
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 56
Chapter 56 Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance
13 sectionsOpen →
CH. 57
Chapter 57 Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
28 sectionsOpen →
CH. 58
Chapter 58 Adult Education Commission [Repealed.]
13 sectionsOpen →
CH. 59
Chapter 59 Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
35 sectionsOpen →
CH. 60
Chapter 60 Council on Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
18 sectionsOpen →
CH. 61
Chapter 61 Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
17 sectionsOpen →
CH. 62
Chapter 62 The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority
22 sectionsOpen →
CH. 62
Chapter 62.1 Nursing Loan Repayment Program
10 sectionsOpen →
CH. 63
Chapter 63 Adult Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
18 sectionsOpen →
CH. 64
Chapter 64 Residence of Children for School Purposes
12 sectionsOpen →
CH. 65
Chapter 65 Continuing Education for Legislators
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 66
Chapter 66 The Rhode Island School Staff Institute
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 67
Chapter 67 Rhode Island Literacy and Dropout Prevention Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 67
Chapter 67.1 Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007 [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 67
Chapter 67.2 Education of Children with Dyslexia and Related Disorders
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 68
Chapter 68 Governor’s Schools [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 69
Chapter 69 60/40 Funding of Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 70
Chapter 70 The Onward We Learn Scholarship Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 71
Chapter 71 The Rhode Island Educational Records Bill of Rights
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 72
Chapter 72 Rhode Island Challenge Grants Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 73
Chapter 73 Education — Social Services [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 73
Chapter 73.1 School Social Workers Quality Assessment Act
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 74
Chapter 74 Guaranteed Student Entitlement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 75
Chapter 75 The Rhode Island Youth Service Commission [Repealed.]
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 76
Chapter 76 Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 76
Chapter 76.1 Harassment at Institutions of Higher Education
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 76
Chapter 76.2 Alcohol And/or Drug Use Amnesty for Reporters of Incidents of Violence at Institutions of Higher Education
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 77
Chapter 77 Establishment of Charter Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
18 sectionsOpen →
CH. 77
Chapter 77.1 Funding of Charter Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 77
Chapter 77.2 District Charter School [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
8 sectionsOpen →
CH. 77
Chapter 77.3 Independent Charter Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
8 sectionsOpen →
CH. 77
Chapter 77.4 Mayoral Academies [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
8 sectionsOpen →
CH. 78
Chapter 78 Allergic Emergencies in Institutions of Higher Education
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 79
Chapter 79 Education Funding Plan
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 80
Chapter 80 Rhode Island School-To-Career Transition Act of 1996
8 sectionsOpen →
CH. 81
Chapter 81 Right to a Safe School in Higher Education
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 82
Chapter 82 The Rhode Island Urban Education Act of 1998
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 83
Chapter 83 The Rhode Island Middle School Reform Act of 2004
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 84
Chapter 84 Public Higher Education Academic Excellence and Student Access Endowment Incentive Program [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 85
Chapter 85 Lindsay Ann Burke Act
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 86
Chapter 86 Rhode Island Community Supports Academy [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 87
Chapter 87 Rhode Island Prekindergarten Education Act
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 87
Chapter 87.1 Early Childhood Governance Working Group
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 88
Chapter 88 Rhode Island After School and Summer Learning Program Act
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 89
Chapter 89 Uniform School District Grant, Gift and Donation Acceptance and Expenditure Act of 2009
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 90
Chapter 90 High School Outcomes Improvement Act of 2009 [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 91
Chapter 91 School and Youth Programs Concussion Act
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 91
Chapter 91.1 The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 92
Chapter 92 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
17 sectionsOpen →
CH. 93
Chapter 93 Holocaust and Genocide Education in Secondary Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 93
Chapter 93.1 The Rhode Island Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission [see Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 94
Chapter 94 The Rhode Island Family Engagement Advisory Council [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 95
Chapter 95 The Recovery High Schools Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 96
Chapter 96 The College and Career Success for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 97
Chapter 97 The Rhode Island Board of Education Act
13 sectionsOpen →
CH. 97
Chapter 97.1 Education Accountability Act
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 98
Chapter 98 Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 99
Chapter 99 Full-Day Kindergarten Accessibility Act
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 100
Chapter 100 Dual Enrollment Equal Opportunity Act
5 sectionsOpen →
CH. 101
Chapter 101 Academic Credit for Military Service
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 102
Chapter 102 The Rhode Island Teachers’ Advisory Council
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 103
Chapter 103 Student Social Media Privacy
6 sectionsOpen →
CH. 104
Chapter 104 Student Data-Cloud Computing
1 sectionsOpen →
CH. 105
Chapter 105 School Building Authority
9 sectionsOpen →
CH. 106
Chapter 106 The Performance Incentive Funding Act of 2016
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 107
Chapter 107 Rhode Island Promise Scholarship
8 sectionsOpen →
CH. 108
Chapter 108 All Students Count Act
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 109
Chapter 109 Student Journalists’ Freedom of Expression Act
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 110
Chapter 110 African American History Education in Elementary and Secondary School
3 sectionsOpen →
CH. 111
Chapter 111 School Waste Recycling and Refuse Disposal
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 112
Chapter 112 Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act
4 sectionsOpen →
CH. 113
Chapter 113 Rhode Island Hope Scholarship Pilot Program Act
10 sectionsOpen →
CH. 114
Chapter 114 Sheila C. “Skip” Nowell Academy.
7 sectionsOpen →
CH. 115
Chapter 115 Rhode Island Early Care and Education Workforce Data Act
2 sectionsOpen →
CH. 116
Chapter 116 Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act
3 sectionsOpen →
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