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RI Gen L § 16-7.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-5 - Intervention and support for failing schools.

§ 16-7.1-5. Intervention and support for failing schools.(a) The board of regents shall adopt a series of progressive support and intervention strategies consistent with the Comprehensive Education Strategy and the principles of the "School Accountability for Learning and Teaching" (SALT) of the board of regents for those schools and school districts that continue to fall short of performance goals outlined in the district strategic plans. These strategies shall initially focus on: (1) technical assistance in improvement planning, curriculum alignment, student assessment, instruction, and family and community involvement; (2) policy support; (3) resource oversight to assess and recommend that each school has adequate resources necessary to meet performance goal; and (4) creating supportive partnerships with education institutions, business, governmental, or other appropriate nonprofit agencies. If after a three (3) year period of support there has not been improvement in the education of students as determined by objective criteria to be developed by the board of regents, then there shall be progressive levels of control by the department of elementary and secondary education over the school and/or district budget, program, and/or personnel. This control by the department of elementary and secondary education may be exercised in collaboration with the school district and the municipality. If further needed, the school shall be reconstituted. Reconstitution responsibility is delegated to the board of regents and may range from restructuring the school's governance, budget, program, personnel, and/or may include decisions regarding the continued operation of the school. The board of regents shall assess the district's capacity and may recommend the provision of additional district, municipal and/or state resources. If a school or school district is under the board of regents' control as a result of actions taken by the board pursuant to this section, the local school committee shall be responsible for funding that school or school district at the same level as in the prior academic year increased by the same percentage as the state total of school aid is increased.(b) For FY 2007, the department shall dedicate one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from funds appropriated to support progressive support and intervention and SALT visits to support the Rhode Island Consortium for Instructional Leadership and Training. This consortium is engaged in training school leaders to be more effective instructional leaders in the standards based instruction environment.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 18, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 9, § 7; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 23, § 5; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 13, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 19, § 2.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-7 - Repealed.

§ 16-7.1-7. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 31, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 31, § 2, effective July 1, 1998.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-8 - Student equity investment fund.

§ 16-7.1-8. Student equity investment fund.The general assembly recognizes the need to improve fourth grade performances in mathematics, reading, and writing. Therefore, the general assembly establishes the Student Equity Investment Fund to target students identified as those requiring additional educational services. The general assembly shall annually appropriate some sum and distribute it based on each district's proportion of resident children eligible for USDA reimbursable school meals relative to the total number of eligible students statewide. For the purposes of this section, the date as of eligibility for USDA reimbursable meals shall be determined by the June report of the reference year as defined in § 16-7-16. These resources shall be used to close student performance gaps in accordance with the district's strategic plan pursuant to § 16-7.1-2. Beginning in FY 2003, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education may require a district to use up to five percent (5%) of the funds allocated by this section to increase student and school performance. The five percent (5%) set aside funds shall only be spent with the prior approval of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 18, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 373, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 9, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-9 - Student language assistance investment fund.

§ 16-7.1-9. Student language assistance investment fund.The general assembly recognizes the strength Rhode Island's growing cultural diversity brings to the overall economic and social health of the state. Therefore, the general assembly establishes the Student Language Assistance Investment Fund to target state resources to assist students who require additional language educational services. The general assembly shall annually appropriate some sum and distribute it based on each district's proportion of limited English proficiency students statewide in the reference year as defined in § 16-7-16. These resources shall be used to close student performance gaps in accordance with the district's strategic plan pursuant to § 16-7.1-2.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 13, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-11.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-11.1 - Full day kindergarten investment fund.

§ 16-7.1-11.1. Full day kindergarten investment fund.(a) Beginning in fiscal year 2001, the general assembly shall appropriate and distribute to each locally or regionally operated district a sum equal to the number of full-time kindergarten students reported as a member of each district as of the reference year as defined in § 16-7-16(11) times a per pupil amount, which shall be:(1) Fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for those districts with a tax effort index of below 0.6 as calculated pursuant to § 16-7.1-6;(2) One thousand dollars ($1,000) for those districts with a tax effort index of below 1.0 as calculated pursuant to § 16-7.1-6; and(3) Five hundred dollars ($500) for all other districts.(b) Funding under this section shall be in addition to any and all other aid received by the district, including aid received under this chapter, chapter 77.1 of this title, and any minimum increase of aid provided for under § 16-7.1-15.(c) For fiscal year 2007, aid received pursuant to this section shall be equal to aid received in the fiscal year 2006 enacted budget by the 2005 general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art. 20, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 22, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 13, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 19, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-12 - Student technology investment fund.

§ 16-7.1-12. Student technology investment fund.The general assembly establishes the Student Technology Investment Fund to provide schools and teaching staff with up-to-date educational technology and training to help students meet the demands of the 21st century. Rhode Island's Comprehensive Education Strategy calls for providing support to all schools for educational technology. The funds may be used for: curriculum development to improve teaching and learning, in-service professional development to support the effective use of technology in schools; and infrastructure requirements such as equipment, technology related instructional materials, software and networking of systems. These resources shall be used to close student performance gaps in accordance with the district's strategic plan pursuant to § 16-7.1-2 and be consistent with the technology plan of the Rhode Island Comprehensive Strategy. The general assembly shall annually appropriate some sum and distribute it based on each district's proportion of their average daily membership in the reference year as defined in § 16-7-16. For purposes of this section, average daily membership shall be defined in § 16-7-22. School districts may use funds received under this category of education aid to replace up to, but no more than, thirty five percent (35%) of the amount the school district spent for technology related expenditures in the previous fiscal year. District plans for the use of technology shall be reviewed by the legislative technology task force.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 31, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-13 - Repealed.

§ 16-7.1-13. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 31, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2014, ch. 336, § 2, effective July 3, 2014; P.L. 2014, ch. 337, § 2, effective July 3, 2014.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-14 - Joint commission.

§ 16-7.1-14. Joint commission.The special joint commission established in § 16-79-2 supports the funding program established in § 16-7.1-15 and shall continue to assess its effectiveness as a comprehensive state education aid funding program. The commission will examine the needs of pre-kindergarten aged children and adult education programs. The commission will also examine compensation and benefit programs of persons employed in public education.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 31, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-16 - Targeted school aid.

§ 16-7.1-16. Targeted school aid.(a) In addition to those funds described in § 16-7.1-15, each district with a tax effort index below 1.0 as calculated pursuant to § 16-7.1-6 and with a free and reduced lunch count in grades K-3 greater than forty percent (40%) shall receive targeted school aid. Districts shall be eligible for aid based on the proportion that their average daily membership bears to the total average daily membership of districts eligible for aid under this section. The local school district shall determine the amount it proposes to spend on the program priorities referred to in this section and the programs and proposed expenditures shall be a part of the district's strategic plan and/or annual updates required under § 16-7.1-2.(b) The commissioner may require a school district to reserve up to five percent (5%) of its targeted aid for intervention remedies. These five percent (5%) set-aside funds shall only be spent with the prior approval of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education. If however by March 1, the amount reserved is not expended or expected to be spent in the academic year, then the district may expend the funds in accordance with the priorities of this section and with the approval of the commissioner. In addition, there shall be an appropriation for comprehensive on-site school reviews and other accountability measures that the commission deems appropriate in accordance with policies and procedures to be determined by the commissioner and to carry out the purposes of § 16-7.1-2. The commissioner may give priority to districts receiving targeted funds for the use of this appropriation.(c) Districts may use targeted funds in new or expanded programs for:(1) Early childhood education;(2) Helping schools to improve instruction to meet high standards;(3) Reducing class size at the elementary level;(4) After school programming for middle schools, junior, and senior high schools in accordance with § 16-7.1-17;(5) Establishing and implementing innovative organizations and methods of instruction at the middle, junior high, and/or high school levels;(6) Child opportunity zones;(7) Teacher mentoring;(8) Curriculum revision to meet new standards;(9) School and district intervention; or(10) Other programs which the commissioner believes will result in increased student performance.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 31, § 3; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 18, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-17 - Urban after-school programs.

§ 16-7.1-17. Urban after-school programs.(a) There is hereby established an after-school program for middle schools and junior and senior high schools to be administered by the department of elementary and secondary education.(b) Each district receiving targeted funds under this section must use a portion of these funds to establish programs as defined in this section at the middle or junior high school level and may establish a program at the senior high school level. Each program shall be located in or near middle schools or junior or senior high schools in school districts identified as "at risk" by the legislature in accordance with § 16-7.1-16 and which have an equity index below one. The purpose of the programs is to provide students an opportunity to engage in a gainful activity, such as an athletic, cultural, arts, academic, community service, remediation, and/or career exploration activity after-school or during the time the schools are not in session. Districts may contract for services with programs that meet board of regents standards. The commissioner may require that districts that receive targeted funds establish these programs either district-wide or at an individual school within the district. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the commissioner from interpreting middle or junior high school to mean middle or junior high school age.(c) The department of elementary and secondary education is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the administration and monitoring of the programs for providing any assistance to plan and design the programs, and for annually performing an evaluation of the overall quality of the after-school programs. Qualifying school districts will be required to submit a plan and other reports as may be requested relating to the use of the after-school program funds to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 31, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 383, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-18 - Investment funds - Funding.

§ 16-7.1-18. Investment funds — Funding.Funding of the investment funds enumerated in § 16-7.1-6, 16-7.1-8, 16-7.1-9, 16-7.1-10, 16-7.1-11, and 16-7.1-12 shall be by funds set aside from the state operations aid to be provided to school districts in the same manner as funds set aside and provided to school districts pursuant to chapter 67 of this title for literacy programs. The amount to be set aside will be that amount designated for each investment fund in the state budget as enacted. The funds thus set aside and provided to school districts shall be used for the purposes required by the terms of §§ 16-7.1-6, 16-7.1-8, and 16-7.1-9. The fund thus set aside and provided to school districts shall be restricted to be used for the purposes required by the terms of §§ 16-7.1-10, 16-7.1-11, and 16-7.1-12. The full set aside amount will be available for use by the school district. Use of this set aside amount must be based on the strategic plan required to be submitted by local school districts to the department of elementary and secondary education by chapter 7.1 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 31, art. 23, § 5; P.L. 1999, ch. 159, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 370, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 22, § 2.
RI Gen L § 16-7.1-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7.1-19 - Vocational technical equity fund.

§ 16-7.1-19. Vocational technical equity fund.(a) The general assembly recognizes the need to support the academic instruction component of vocational education for students enrolled in career and technical education programs. To accomplish this, the general assembly shall appropriate some sum per student for each student who attends a locally operated career and technical center based on the enrollments reported to the department of elementary and secondary education for the reference year as defined in § 16-7-16. The sum shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per student. Funding under this section will be limited to those students enrolled in programs that are part of the career and technical education system as approved by the department of elementary and secondary education.(b) For fiscal year 2007, aid received pursuant to this section shall be equal to aid received in the fiscal year 2006 enacted by the 2005 general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art. 20, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 22, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 18, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 9, § 8; P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 19, § 9.
RI Gen L § 16-7.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.2 - The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act|Section 16-7.2-1 - Legislative findings.

§ 16-7.2-1. Legislative findings.(a) The general assembly recognizes the need for an equitable distribution of resources among the state's school districts, property tax relief and a predicable method of distributing education aid. The general assembly finds that there is a need to reform the way public education is financed because:(1) All children should have access to an adequate and meaningful education regardless of their residence or economic means;(2) A school funding system should treat property taxpayers equably, limit the portion of school budgets financed by property taxes, and establish sufficient cost controls on school spending;(3) The state should ensure that its school funding structure adequately reflects the different needs of students, and closes the educational inequities among the state's school districts; and(4) The state education funding system should provide a predicable amount and source of funding to ensure stability in the funding of schools.(b) The intent of this chapter is to promote a school finance system in Rhode Island that is predicated on student need and taxpayer ability to pay. A new school funding system in the state should promote educational equity for all students and reduce the reliance on the property tax to fund public education. This legislation is intended to ensure educational opportunity to each pupil in each city or town on substantially equal terms. Adequate per pupil support will be provided through a combination of state school aid and local education property tax levies.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 393, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 491, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.2 - The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act|Section 16-7.2-4 - Determination of state's share.

§ 16-7.2-4. Determination of state's share.(a) For each district, the state's share of the foundation education aid calculated pursuant to § 16-7.2-3(a) shall use a calculation that considers a district's revenue-generating capacity and concentration of high-need students. The calculation is the square root of the sum of the state-share ratio for the community calculation, pursuant to § 16-7-20, squared plus the district's percentage of students in grades PK-6 in poverty status squared, divided by two.(b) For purposes of determining the state's share, school district student data used in this calculation shall include charter school and state school students. These ratios are used in the permanent foundation education aid formula calculation described in § 16-7.2-5.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 124, § 4; P.L. 2010, ch. 125, § 4; P.L. 2013, ch. 501, § 23; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 2.
RI Gen L § 16-7.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7.2 - The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act|Section 16-7.2-7 - Transition plan.

§ 16-7.2-7. Transition plan.(a) The general assembly shall annually determine the appropriation of education aid pursuant to this chapter using a transition plan to begin in fiscal year 2012, not to exceed seven (7) years for LEA's for whom the calculated education aid pursuant to § 16-7.2-3 is more than the education aid the LEA is receiving as of the effective date of the formula, and ten (10) years for LEA's for whom the calculated education aid pursuant to § 16-7.2-3 is less than the education aid the LEA is receiving as of the effective date of the formula.(b) The local share of funding pursuant to § 16-7.2-5 shall be transitioned proportionately over a period not to exceed five (5) years. The transition shall provide a combination of direct aid to districts, funds for the categorical programs, and district savings through state-assumed costs, as determined by the general assembly on an annual basis. Updates to any components of the permanent foundation education aid formula, such as student data, property values, and/or median family income, that result in an increase or decrease in state education aid that impacts the total state and local contribution by more than three percent (3%) shall be transitioned over a period of time not to exceed three (3) years.(c) For districts that are converting from a half-day to a full-day kindergarten program for the 2014-2015 school year and after, as defined by § 16-99-4, the increase in aid provided pursuant to the formula for the increased reference average daily membership due to the conversion of the kindergarten students from 0.5 full-time equivalent to 1.0 full-time equivalent is not subject to the transition plan in subsection (a); instead, the increased kindergarten full-time equivalents will be funded at the fully transitioned value of the formula beginning in FY 2017.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 124, § 4; P.L. 2010, ch. 125, § 4; P.L. 2013, ch. 501, § 23; P.L. 2014, ch. 431, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 456, § 2.