Claim: Rhode Island law aims to prevent suicides at public colleges.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: LGBT rights in Rhode Island
text: identity and expression, and mental, physical and sensory disability. The law also explicitly includes cyberbullying and harassment, and applies to all schools approved by the state Department of Education. Rhode Island has a criminal statute covering crimes motivated by both sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. In June 2018, a bill to repeal the gay and trans panic defense passed the Rhode Island General Assembly (House vote 68–2 passed and Senate voice vote 27-0 passed). The Governor signed the bill into law a month later in July 2018. The law went into effect immediately. On January 27, 2017, state

title: Gun laws in Rhode Island
text: considering the general antagonism of local police chiefs towards concealed carry, it seems unlikely that such a permit would be issued. 11–47–8 does allow an out-of-state permit carrier to carry concealed in Rhode Island as long as they are only traveling through the state. Rhode Island has a moderately strong castle law, limited to the inside of a dwelling, with no duty to retreat. Under the state's red flag law, the police may petition the Superior Court to issue an extreme risk protection order if they receive credible information of a significant and imminent risk. A judge may issue a

title: Rhode Island
text: of Hope", supported by a $100,000 grant, will partner with the City of Providence, the Soutside Community Land Trust and the Rhode Island Foundation to convert city-owned vacant lots into productive urban farms. In 2012, Rhode Island passed bill S2277/H7412, "An act relating to Health and Safety – Environmental Cleanup Objectives for Schools", informally known as the "School Siting Bill." The bill, sponsored by Senator Juan Pichardo and Representative Scott Slater and signed into law by the Governor, made Rhode Island the first state in the US to prohibit school construction on Brownfield Sites where there is an ongoing potential

title: Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education
text: and affordable system of higher education designed to improve the overall educational attainment of Rhode Islanders and thereby enrich the intellectual, economic, social and cultural life of the state, its residents, and its communities." In 2011, the Board of Governors approved a measure for the Rhode Island public education community, which permitted in-state tuition breaks to illegal immigrants. Incumbent Governor Lincoln Chafee supported the measure, calling it a "policy change" that would "improve the intellectual and culture life of Rhode Island". Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education The Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education (commonly referred

title: 2015–2017 youth suicides in Hong Kong
text: Enhancing support from social workers (e.g. ensuring there is at least one social worker and one counsellor in each school); (3) Enhancing School-based Educational Psychology Service (Chinese: 校本教育心理服務); (4) Reform of education system, e.g. abolish Territory-wide System Assessment.<ref name="https://www.hkptu.org/31136">HKPTU. (8th Nov, 2016). 教協會評《防止學生自殺委員會最終報告》不投入資源 不改善人手 不檢討制度 空談防止學童自殺</ref> In 2017, the Civil Alliance for Student Suicide Prevention publicised a survey that indicated public support for capping the number of hours spent studying each day to 7 hours. Lai Pak-yin, the spokesperson from the Civil Alliance for Student Suicide Prevention argues that excessive studying can have a harmful effect on family relationships. Therefore,

title: The Center to Prevent Youth Violence
text: aisle to make critical investments in protecting lives." The Suicide-Proofing Initiative was launched in September 2011 in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Health under a youth suicide prevention grant from SAMHSA. This program is based on research conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, which illustrates that preventing youth access to lethal means of suicide, such as firearms, reduces the likelihood that a young person will die from suicide. The Suicide-Proofing Initiative includes TV and radio public service announcements, mass awareness materials, and a website, www.suicideproof.org, all of which are aimed at educating parents of adolescents and

title: 2015–2017 youth suicides in Hong Kong
text: the 2015–16 school year. The committee is tasked with studying student suicide in Hong Kong and to offer preemptive solutions to the problem ofyouth suicide.<ref name="http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr16-17/english/panels/ed/papers/ed20161114cb4-79-5-e.pdf">Legislative Council Panel on Education. (Nov, 2016). Final Report of the Committee on Prevention of Student Suicides</ref> The committee consists 21 members ranging from teachers, parents, psychiatrists and the president of the student union at the University of Hong Kong.<ref name="http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1935954/prevent-student-suicides-all-hong-kong-has-fight-battle-each">SCMP (16th April, 2016). To prevent student suicides, all of Hong Kong has to fight the battle – each and every day</ref> Professor Paul Yip Siu Fai (Chinese: ) is the director of the Centre

title: Suicide legislation
text: to members as to the process that would be used after the legislation had been implemented. The Indian penal code 309 deals with punishment for attempted suicide. The Mental Health Care Act 2017 greatly limits the scope for the code to be implemented. The bill states, “Any person who attempts to [die by] suicide shall be presumed, unless proved otherwise, to have severe stress and shall not be tried and punished under the said Code”. State governments are required to provide adequate care and rehabilitation for such individuals as to prevent a recurrence of an attempt to suicide. The act

title: Suicide of Ryan Halligan
text: Halligan soon began lobbying for legislation in Vermont to improve how schools address bullying and suicide prevention. He has also given speeches to schools in various states about the story of his son and the devastating effects of cyber-bullying among teens. Vermont enacted a Bullying Prevention Policy Law in May 2004 and later adopted a Suicide Prevention Law (Act 114) in 2005, closely following a draft submitted by Halligan's father. The law provides measures to assist teachers and others to recognize and respond to depression and suicide risks among teens. Halligan's case has also been cited by legislators in other

title: Capital punishment in Rhode Island
text: committed while under sentence of life imprisonment, but no one was ever executed under this provision. On June 26, 1973, the Rhode Island General Assembly instituted the penalty of death by gas inhalation for murders committed during confinement in state correctional institutions. But the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that the mandatory death sentence provisions of Chapter 280 (RI General Laws 11-23-2) violated the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause of the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Finally, on May 9, 1984, the General Assembly enacted Public Law Chapter 221, which removed the mandatory death sentence language from RI General

title: Gun laws in Rhode Island
text: carry permits are very hard to obtain from the Attorney General's Office without demonstration of a specific threat on the applicant's life that justifies the need for a license to carry. However, the "shall" nature of the applicable statute is confusing, stating that the applicant should have "good reason to fear an injury to his or her person or property or has any other proper reason for carrying a pistol or revolver". Some local police chiefs disregard the "proper reason" clause and require a letter of need. Most local police chiefs also use the AG's application (which does require need)

title: Education for All Handicapped Children Act
text: 1990 for improvement of special education and inclusive education. The Supreme Court decided that EHA would be the exclusive remedy for disabled students asserting their right to equal access to public education in "Smith v. Robinson", 468 U.S. 992 (1984). The petitioner, Tommy Smith, was an eight-year-old student who had cerebral palsy. The school district in Cumberland, Rhode Island originally agreed to subsidize Tommy’s education by placing him in a program for special needs children at the Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital. The school district later decided to remove Tommy from that program and send him to the Rhode Island Division

title: Red flag law
text: Maryland, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Illinois. Other state legislatures considered similar legislation. A 2016 study published in the journal "Law and Contemporary Problems" analyzed data from the 762 gun removals under Connecticut's "risk warrant" law from October 1999 through June 2013 and determined that there was "one averted suicide for every ten to eleven gun seizure cases." The researchers concluded that "enacting and implementing laws like Connecticut’s civil risk warrant statute in other states could significantly mitigate the risk posed by that small proportion of legal gun owners who, at times, may pose a significant danger to

title: LGBT rights in Rhode Island
text: the individual intends to change gender. In June 2018, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a bill to recognise transgender people on death certificates. The bill was later signed into law by the Governor and went into effect immediately. LGBT rights in Rhode Island Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Rhode Island have the same legal protections as heterosexuals. Rhode Island established two lots of major relationship recognition for same-sex couples, starting with civil unions since July 1, 2011, and then since August 1, 2013 with same-sex marriage. Discrimination on the basis of sexual

title: Suicide in South Korea
text: as "cultural tradition of filial obligation is not congruent with the increasingly competitive, specialized labor market of the modern era", the elderly are sacrificing themselves by committing suicide so as to lessen the burden on their children. In South Korea, every student is obligated to take the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). On this day, underclassmen gather and cheer on their seniors as they enter the school to take their exam. The government has also mandated to forbid planes from flying during this time to make sure there are no distractions to these students. Education in South Korea is extremely

title: 2015–2017 youth suicides in Hong Kong
text: year of 2010–2011. Furthermore, the policy's aim is divided into four different elements: developing a management and organisation system for health matters, encourage a healthy school environment, promote a healthy lifestyle for students and improve recognition of students in need and creating a system for handling these students.<ref name= "http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/healthy-sch-policy/content.html">Education Bureau. (Aug, 2015). Content</ref> The policy is foremost an anti substance abuse effort but also touches upon issues related to students’ mental health and student suicide. On 30 March 2016, the Educational Bureau set up the Prevention of Student Suicide Committee in response to the spate of students' suicides in

title: Red flag law
text: themselves or others." A 2018 study published in the journal "Psychiatric Services" utilized CDC data from all suicides in all 50 states from 1981-2015 to "examine the effects of Connecticut and Indiana's risk-based firearm seizure law on state-level firearm suicide rates." The researchers concluded that "Indiana’s firearm seizure law was associated with a 7.5% reduction in firearm suicides in the ten years following its enactment, an effect specific to suicides with firearms and larger than that seen in any comparison state by chance alone. Enactment of Connecticut's law was associated with a 1.6% reduction in firearm suicides immediately after its

title: 2015–2017 youth suicides in Hong Kong
text: for detecting student at risk of committing suicide. Facebook and Google already have their own suicide detection and prevention systems. In the final report, the Prevention of Student Suicide Committee divided their recommendations into universal, selective and indicated support. Furthermore, the 19 suggestions are divided into areas of improvement, as follows: student support, families, traditional and social media, multiple articulation pathways, and systematic. The 19 suggestions are: In November 2016, the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union made the following suggestions: (1) Alleviation of teachers’ pressure e.g. increasing the quota of regular teachers and increase the teacher-student ratio per class; (2)

title: 2015–2017 youth suicides in Hong Kong
text: he suggested that the Educational Bureau should issue guidelines to help decrease the number of hours spent studying each day. In April 2017, the Education Bureau set up the "Prevention of Student Suicides" page. They uploaded different resources and tips about how to identify and manage students with suicidal tendencies. In a Chinese-language document titled "The Package on Prevention of Student Suicide (2010)" on the Bureau's website, one of the examples suggested as a way to communicate with friends who have suicidal tendencies has attracted huge public backlash - “If you die, your boyfriend may be sad for a few

title: Campus Compact
text: Providence, Rhode Island to the Downtown Crossing district of Boston, Massachusetts. They share an office building with the New England Board of Higher Education. In 2016, Campus Compact celebrated their 30th anniversary and circulated an Action Statement. This commitment of more than 400 college and university presidents expressed shared goals and enhanced action throughout the network regarding the public purpose of higher education. Campus Compact Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents, committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education. Nearly 1,100 educational institutions, more than a third of all higher education providers in the United