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RI Gen L § 16-3.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.2 - School and Family Empowerment Act|Section 16-3.2-4 - Empowerment school principal.

§ 16-3.2-4. Empowerment school principal.(a) Principals of empowerment schools shall be the educational leaders and administrators of their schools and shall supervise the operation and management of their schools and school property. It shall be the responsibility of the principal to promote participatory decision-making among all professional staff for the purposes of developing educational policy and practices. The term professional staff shall include all teachers, administrators, instructional leaders, specialists, and related service providers who are certified by the state as education professionals. Principals employed under this section shall be responsible for recommending the hiring and assigning all teachers and other professional staff, athletic coaches, instructional, or administrative aides and any other personnel assigned to the school and for terminating all such personnel, subject to this chapter and the review and approval of the superintendent. Any assignment to an empowerment school of a teacher previously employed in another school in the district, including, but not limited to, voluntary transfer, involuntary transfer, reduction in force, and recall, shall be subject to the approval of the principal, consistent with the district collective bargaining agreement and school-based amendments as defined in § 16-3.2-4(f). No teacher or staff may be laid-off, suspended, or terminated by a school district who would not otherwise have been laid-off, suspended, or terminated except for an employment decision by an empowerment school principal pursuant to this section.(b) The principal of the empowerment school shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent, with the advice and consent of the school committee, through a written contract not to exceed three (3) years.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-3.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.2 - School and Family Empowerment Act|Section 16-3.2-5 - Budgets and funding.

§ 16-3.2-5. Budgets and funding.(a) All services, centrally or otherwise, provided by the school district in which the empowerment school is located that the empowerment school decides to utilize, including, but not limited to, financial services, transportation, food services, custodial services, maintenance, curriculum, professional development, media services, libraries, nursing, and warehousing, shall be subject to negotiation between the empowerment school and the school district in which the empowerment school is located and paid for out of the revenues of the empowerment school.Nothing in this chapter shall prevent empowerment schools from electing to receive the same district services as it did prior to the empowerment school designation.(b) An empowerment school shall be eligible to receive other aids, grants, Medicaid revenue, and other revenue according to Rhode Island law, as though it were a school district. Federal aid received by the state shall be used to benefit students in the empowerment school, if the school qualifies for the aid, as though it were a school district.(c) An empowerment school may negotiate and contract directly with third parties for the purchase goods and services, consistent with applicable law.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-3.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.2 - School and Family Empowerment Act|Section 16-3.2-6 - Review of empowerment schools.

§ 16-3.2-6. Review of empowerment schools.Each empowerment school shall be reviewed by the department of elementary and secondary education on a schedule determined by the commissioner. Based on an evaluation of the empowerment school's plan, its impact on student achievement, or its impact on the health and welfare of its students or staff, the commissioner may, in extreme circumstances and at any time during the empowerment school's authorized period of operation, recommend to the council on elementary and secondary education that the empowerment school's designation and registration, and/or its open-enrollment designation, be revoked. Prior to recommending to the council that a empowerment school's designation and registration be revoked, the commissioner shall provide the school, superintendent, and school committee with specific notice of the reasons for revocation and grant the school and school committee an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the process set forth in chapter 39 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-3.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.2 - School and Family Empowerment Act|Section 16-3.2-7 - Portions of title 16 applicable to empowerment schools.

§ 16-3.2-7. Portions of title 16 applicable to empowerment schools.In addition to federal law and this chapter, the following provisions of this title shall be binding on empowerment schools. Accordingly, school committees may not endorse, nor may the commissioner approve, any request for waiver of the following provisions pursuant to this chapter:(1) Section 16-2-2 (minimum length of school year);(2) Section 16-2-17 (right to a safe school);(3) Section 16-8-10 (federal funds for school lunch);(4) Section 16-12-3 (duty to cultivate principles of morality);(5) Section 16-12-10 (immunity for report of suspected substance abuse);(6) Sections 16-13-2, 16-13-3 (teachers' tenure)(7) Section 16-16-2 (teachers' retirement);(8) Section 16-19-1 (compulsory attendance);(9) Section 16-20-1 (school holidays enumerated);(10) Sections 16-21-3 and 16-21-4 (fire safety);(11) Sections 16-21-10, 16-21-14, and 16-21-16 (health screenings);(12) Section 16-22-9 (uniform testing);(13) Section 16-24-2 (regulations of state board pertaining to children with disabilities);(14) Section 16-38-1 (discrimination because of race or age);(15) Section 16-38-1.1 (discrimination because of sex);(16) Section 16-38-2 (immunizations);(17) Section 16-38-4 (exclusive clubs);(18) Section 16-38-6 (commercial activities prohibited);(19) Section 16-38-9 (misconduct of school officers);(20) Section 16-38-10 (power of officials to visit schools);(21) Section 16-39-1 (appeal of matters of dispute to commissioner);(22) Section 16-39-2 (appeal of school committee actions to commissioner);(23) Section 16-39-3 (appeal to state board);(24) Section 16-39-3.1 (enforcement of final decision);(25) Section 16-39-3.2 (interim protective orders);(26) Section 16-39-8 (subpoena power of commissioner);(27) Section 16-40-16 (student records);(28) Section 16-71-1 (Educational Record Bill of Rights Act);(29) Section 16-21-21.1 (Penalties for drug, alcohol or weapons offenses);(30) Chapter 21.5 of title 16 (Student interrogations).Although waivers for § 16-11-1 (teacher certification) are permissible, consistent with the locally approved plan, teachers in an empowerment school must hold at least one teacher certification, which may be different than the certification associated with their assignment, unless such teacher is assigned to teach in a shortage area, whereby the teacher shall be provided with school-based support and work toward a certification to be awarded within five years of the date of assignment at the empowerment school.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-3.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.2 - School and Family Empowerment Act|Section 16-3.2-8 - Appropriation.

§ 16-3.2-8. Appropriation.The general assembly may annually appropriate funds to support empowerment schools. This appropriation shall be managed by the department of elementary and secondary education.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-3.2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.2 - School and Family Empowerment Act|Section 16-3.2-9 - Regulations.

§ 16-3.2-9. Regulations.The department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement fully the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-4 - Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-4-1 - Custody and investment of fund.

§ 16-4-1. Custody and investment of fund.The general treasurer with the advice of the governor shall have full power to regulate the custody and safekeeping of the permanent fund for the support of public schools, and, subject to the provisions of chapter 10 of title 35, shall keep the fund securely invested in bonds or notes of the United States, or in bonds of towns or cities within this state, or certificates of deposit, or commercial paper, or in other investments authorized by virtue of § 35-10-6; provided, that the securities in which the fund is invested may remain a part of the fund until exchanged for other securities.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 30, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 40, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 41, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 194, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-4-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 12, § 2.
RI Gen L § 16-4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-4 - Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-4-2 - Duties paid by auctioneers.

§ 16-4-2. Duties paid by auctioneers.The money that shall be paid into the state treasury by auctioneers, for duties accruing to the use of the state, is appropriated, and the money shall annually be added to the school fund.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 30, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 40, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 41, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 194, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 16-4-2.
RI Gen L § 16-4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-4 - Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-4-3 - State funds forfeited by cities or towns.

§ 16-4-3. State funds forfeited by cities or towns.Whenever any money appropriated to any city or town from the state treasury, for the support of its public schools shall have been forfeited by the city or town, the money shall be added to the school fund, and shall forever remain a part of the school fund.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 30, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 40, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 41, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 194, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 16-4-3.
RI Gen L § 16-4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-4 - Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-4-4 - Repealed.

§ 16-4-4. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 30, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 40, § 4; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 41, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 194, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 16-4-4; Repealed by P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 12, § 3, effective June 24, 1986.
RI Gen L § 16-4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-4 - Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-4-5 - Use of fund and income - Unexpended funds.

§ 16-4-5. Use of fund and income — Unexpended funds.The income from the fund is appropriated to be used for the promotion and support of public education. The board of regents for elementary and secondary education may adopt rules and regulations for the expenditure of these funds. In expending the income the board shall first consider public school improvement projects and programs whose effects could benefit the public schools of any one or more city, town, or school district in the state. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall regularly make recommendations to the board about specific programs and projects to be supported by these funds and the general assembly may make appropriations from the fund principal for educational purposes. Whenever any funds are appropriated for educational purposes, the funds shall be used for educational purposes only and all these state funds must be used to supplement any and all money allocated by a city or town for educational purposes and, in no event, shall state funds be used to supplant, directly or indirectly, any money allocated by a city or town for educational purposes. The commissioner shall oversee the fund, assess the effectiveness of its programs and projects, and make recommendations about the general use and operation of the funds to the board. For the purposes of this section the general treasurer shall continue to hold, subject to expenditure by the board of regents for elementary and secondary education, any part of the income of the fund unexpended.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 30, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 40, § 5; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 41, § 5; P.L. 1925, ch. 611, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1342, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1920, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 194, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-4-5; P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 12, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 77, § 8.
RI Gen L § 16-4-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-4 - Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-4-6 - Additions to the fund.

§ 16-4-6. Additions to the fund.(a) The general assembly shall review the adequacy of the permanent school fund on a regular basis and may make any appropriations to carry out the purposes of this chapter as it deems necessary. In addition, the board of regents for elementary and secondary education is authorized to accept grants and bequests from public and private sources in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(b) It is the intent of the general assembly that the funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this section shall be provided within the annual appropriations act.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 12, § 4; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 73.
RI Gen L § 16-5-1 - 16-5-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-5 - State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-5-1 - 16-5-17 - Repealed.

§ 16-5-1 — 16-5-17. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 53, §§ 1-5; P.L. 1898, ch. 544, §§ 3, 46; P.L. 1903, ch. 1101, §§ 5, 6; P.L. 1904, ch. 1147, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 65, §§ 1-5; ch. 66, §§ 9, 10; ch. 74, §§ 2, 3, 5; P.L. 1909, ch. 446, § 1; P.L. 1910, ch. 545, § 1; P.L. 1912, ch. 845, §§ 1-4; P.L. 1914, ch. 1098, § 1; P.L. 1915, ch. 1234, § 1; P.L. 1918, ch. 1654, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1919, ch. 1725, § 2; P.L. 1921, ch. 2055, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, §§ 8, 9, 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 67, §§ 1-5; ch. 68, §§ 1-5; ch. 70, §§ 8, 9; ch. 81, §§ 2, 3, 8; P.L. 1925, ch. 594, § 1; P.L. 1925, ch. 597, § 1; P.L. 1925, ch. 598, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 775, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; P.L. 1936, ch. 2375, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 178, §§ 8, 9; ch. 192, §§ 1-5; ch. 93, §§ 1-4; ch. 197, §§ 2, 3, 5, 8; P.L. 1939, ch. 659, § 2; P.L. 1940, ch. 825, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 16-5-1 — 16-5-17; Repealed by P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 12.
RI Gen L § 16-5-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-5 - State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-5-18 - Funds for training of practical nurses.

§ 16-5-18. Funds for training of practical nurses.Funds shall be provided to the state board of regents for elementary and secondary education for vocational education for:(1) Establishment of a program for the training of practical nurses in the Woonsocket area.(2) After the establishment of a program for the training of practical nurses in the Woonsocket area, the existing facilities of the Providence program for the metropolitan area shall be expanded.(3) After the establishment of a program for the training of practical nurses in the Woonsocket area, and after the existing facilities of the Providence program for the metropolitan area have been expanded, the present program shall be extended to those other areas of the state where the need is evident.(4) The acceleration of the recruitment program for applicants for the practical nurse training program.History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3764, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-5-18.
RI Gen L § 16-5-19 - 16-5-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-5 - State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-5-19 - 16-5-21 - Repealed.

§ 16-5-19 — 16-5-21. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 53, §§ 7-9; P.L. 1898, ch. 540, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 65, §§ 7-9; P.L. 1916, ch. 1348, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 67, §§ 6-8; P.L. 1925, ch. 595, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 192, §§ 6-8; G.L. 1956, §§ 16-5-19 — 16-5-21; Repealed by P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 12.
RI Gen L § 16-5-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-5 - State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-5-22 - Appropriations to aid evening schools.

§ 16-5-22. Appropriations to aid evening schools.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum as it may deem necessary for the support and maintenance of public evening schools in the several cities or towns of the state, to be apportioned by the board of regents for elementary and secondary education for the support of the schools as may be approved by the board; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders for the payment of the sum, or so much of the sum as shall be required, on vouchers approved by the department of elementary and secondary education.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 53, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 65, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 67, § 9; P.L. 1925, ch. 596, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 192, § 9; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-5-22.
RI Gen L § 16-5-23 - 16-5-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-5 - State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-5-23 - 16-5-29 - Repealed.

§ 16-5-23 — 16-5-29. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 81, §§ 9-11; P.L. 1936, ch. 2375, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 81, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 197, §§ 9-11; P.L. 1939, ch. 691, § 1; P.L. 1943, ch. 1275, § 1; P.L. 1944, ch. 1501, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, §§ 16-5-23 — 16-5-27; Repealed by P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 12.
RI Gen L § 16-5-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-5 - State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-5-30 - Withholding of aid for infraction of laws or regulations - Report to general assembly.

§ 16-5-30. Withholding of aid for infraction of laws or regulations — Report to general assembly.The commissioner of elementary and secondary education may, for violation or neglect of law or for violation or neglect of rules and regulations in pursuance of law by any city or town or city or town officer or school committee, or for nonpayment of tuition owed by one community to another including but not limited to those children in state custody, vocational education, or special education, order the general treasurer to withhold the payment of any portion of the public money that has been or may be apportioned to the city or town; and the general treasurer upon the receipt in writing of the order shall hold the public money due the city or town until the time as the commissioner by writing requests the withheld funds for the purposes of eliminating the violation or neglect of law or regulation that caused the order to be issued, or the commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall notify the treasurer that the city or town has complied with the order as the department of elementary and secondary education shall make in the premises, in which case payment shall be made to the town immediately. If the violation is for nonpayment of tuition and it has been determined by the commissioner that the tuition is owed, then the commissioner shall, subject to the debtor community's right to appeal to the superior court, order the general treasurer to deduct the amount owed from the debtor community's school aid and to pay the community which is owed the tuition. The board of regents for elementary and secondary education shall report to the general assembly annually all infractions of school law which shall be brought to its attention, with a record of this action as the department shall have taken in each instance.History of Section.G.L., ch. 63, § 5; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 65, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 176, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, §§ 8, 10, 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-5-30; P.L. 1988, ch. 336, § 8; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 22, § 6.
RI Gen L § 16-5-30.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-5 - State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-5-30.1 - Penalty for violation.

§ 16-5-30.1. Penalty for violation.Any community that does not comply with the provisions of §§ 16-21-7, 16-21-9, 16-21-12, 16-21-14, and 16-38-2 shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 16-5-30.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 133, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-5-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-5 - State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-5-31 - Educational improvement block grant.

§ 16-5-31. Educational improvement block grant.(a) There is created an educational improvement block grant.(b) The dollar equivalents resulting from the difference in the statewide local tax rate as defined in § 16-7-19(a) and (b), and as divided in § 16-7-19(c), may be expended for any of the purposes set forth below:(1) Providing preschool programs, of at least one-half (½) day's duration, for four (4) year old children who are at risk of school failure;(2) Providing parent education programs including the provision of resource materials on home learning activities, private and group educational guidance, individual and group learning experiences for the parent and child, and other activities that enable the parent to improve learning in the home;(3) Reducing class size with the ultimate goal of an average pupil/teacher ratio of 15-1 in grades pre-kindergarten through three (3); and(4) Providing full day kindergarten programs with first priority given to children who are at risk of school failure.(c) Education improvement block grant funds shall be allocated to every community in the proportion to which each community's share bears to the total state share as computed under § 16-7-19(a) and as further adjusted by minimum share and regional school district provisions as provided for in § 16-7-20. In order to be eligible to obtain funds provided in this section a school district must submit, for the commissioner's approval, an application which clearly and specifically describes how the funds will be used for the purposes intended.(d) The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall establish and promulgate regulations for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this section. Funds granted under this section shall not be used by districts to supplant local funds. School districts may carry over to the next fiscal year a maximum of fifteen percent (15%) of their allocation.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 9; P.L. 1985, ch. 182, §§ 3, 4; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 8; P.L. 1988, ch. 336, § 8; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 30.