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RI Gen L § 16-5-32 (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 16-5-32 - Elementary and secondary education excellence fund.

§ 16-5-32. Elementary and secondary education excellence fund.(a) There is created a fund of three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the purposes set forth below:(1) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall be used to make competitive grant awards to local school districts for exemplary dropout prevention programs;(2) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be used to establish training programs for parents, with special emphasis on parents of preschool children, and to make competitive grant awards to local school districts for exemplary parent involvement programs;(3) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be used for school committee and administrator training;(4) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall be used to make competitive grant awards to local school districts which develop exemplary school site management programs;(5) One million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be prorated among local school districts on the basis of their 1987-88 entitlement under § 16-7-20 to fund grants to further the literacy focus in instruction in kindergarten through grade three (3) for all students and supplementary literacy instruction for educationally disadvantaged students in grades kindergarten through twelve (12);(6) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall be used to establish a statewide screening program for all children just entering school;(7) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for use by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to implement recommendations of the task force to study the governor's 1991 report on education;(8) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) shall be used for vocational education in accordance with § 16-45-7; and(9) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) will be used to establish and expand programs in area vocational schools.(b) All grant money received by a local school district from this fund will be ineligible for reimbursement under the school operations aid program. Funds, with the exception of subsection (a)(8), may not be used to supplant funding for existing programs and activities.(c) The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate any rules and regulations as he or she shall deem necessary for the operation of the education excellence fund. The decision of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall be final on all questions regarding grants.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 581, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-5-33 (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 16-5-33 - Education partnership fund.

§ 16-5-33. Education partnership fund.There is created and established a program to be known as the "education partnership program." The commissioner of elementary and secondary education is authorized to accept grants and bequests from public and private sources with the approval of the director of administration which shall be deposited as general revenues. In order to carry out the purposes of grants and bequests the commissioner shall oversee the appropriated funds, adopt rules and regulations for the expenditure of these funds, and assess the effectiveness of its programs and projects. The state controller is directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum, or so much of the sum as may be required upon receipt by the controller of vouchers duly authenticated by the commissioner.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 336, § 9; P.L. 1995, ch. 70, art. 40, § 43.
RI Gen L § 16-5-34 (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 16-5-34 - Repealed.

§ 16-5-34. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 264, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 298, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 13, § 4.
RI Gen L § 16-6-1 - 16-6-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-6 - Teachers' Salary Grants|Section 16-6-1 - 16-6-6 - Repealed.

§ 16-6-1 — 16-6-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1887, art. 9, part 1, § 2; P.L. 1948, ch. 2131, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 16-6-3 — 16-6-6; Repealed by P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 12.
RI Gen L § 16-7-1 - 16-7-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-1 - 16-7-14 - Repealed.

§ 16-7-1 — 16-7-14. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3419, §§ 1-5, 7, 8; G.L. 1956, §§ 16-7-1 — 16-7-14; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 68, §§ 1, 2; Repealed by P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 12.
RI Gen L § 16-7-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-15 - Statement of purpose.

§ 16-7-15. Statement of purpose.The purpose of §§ 16-7-15 to 16-7-34 is to provide a quality education for all Rhode Island youth by requiring a minimum per pupil expenditure level, by encouraging school committees to provide superior education beyond this minimum, by identifying fiscal responsibilities of school committees, by further improving the efficiency of our school systems through encouraging small school districts to combine into larger, more efficient regionalized units, and by incorporating the many various state aids into one comprehensive program.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-17 - Time of payment of state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures.

§ 16-7-17. Time of payment of state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures.There shall be paid by the state to each community in twelve (12) monthly installments an amount as determined by law to be the state's share of the cost of the basic program for the reference year and all approved expenditures in excess of the basic program for the reference year, provided, however, that these payments to a community shall be reduced by the amount of funds deposited by the department into the local education agency EPSDT account in accordance with § 40-8-18 on behalf of the community. The July payment shall be two and fifty-four hundredths percent (2.54%) of the state's share based upon the estimated pupil data, valuation data, and expenditure data for the reference year and the August through June payments shall each be eight and eighty-six hundredths percent (8.86%) of the aid due and payable based upon the data for the reference year, except for the city of East Providence which shall be paid during October and April in accordance with chapter 344 of the Public Laws of 1982.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 3; P.L. 1982, ch. 344, art. 7, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 6, art. 20, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 46, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 289, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 399, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 79, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 31; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 12, § 5.
RI Gen L § 16-7-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-18 - Determination of mandated minimum program level.

§ 16-7-18. Determination of mandated minimum program level.The mandated minimum program level shall be determined annually by the board of regents for elementary and secondary education upon recommendation of the commissioner.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 4.
RI Gen L § 16-7-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-19 - Computation of standard local tax rate.

§ 16-7-19. Computation of standard local tax rate.(a) The standard local tax rate required to support the basic program shall be forty percent (40%).(b) The statewide local tax rate to be used in calculating each community's share under § 16-7-20 shall be fifty percent (50%).(c) Fifty percent (50%) of the difference resulting from the difference between the rate presented in subsection (a) and the rate presented in subsection (b) shall be used in accordance with § 16-5-31 and fifty percent (50%) of the difference shall be allocated annually by the general assembly, upon recommendation of the commissioner and the board of regents for elementary and secondary education, for one or more of the programs listed in § 16-69-2.(d) The state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her order upon the general treasurer for the payment of those sums or any portions of those sums as may be required from time to time upon receipt by the controller of properly authenticated vouchers.(e) If the sums appropriated are not sufficient to implement subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, then the amount appropriated shall first be utilized to implement subsection (b) of this section. If the sums are not sufficient, then the amount shall be ratably reduced. Amounts remaining after full funding of subsection (b) of this section shall be apportioned among school districts for the purpose of subsection (c) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 5; P.L. 1964, ch. 242, art. 7, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 160, § 3; P.L. 1980, ch. 152, § 5; P.L. 1984, ch. 245, art. XII, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 182, §§ 5, 6; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 84; P.L. 1988, ch. 336, § 10; P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 35, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 31, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 6, art. 21, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 39, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 43, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 15, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 31.
RI Gen L § 16-7-20.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-20.1 - Annual report of number of children with disabilities receiving support.

§ 16-7-20.1. Annual report of number of children with disabilities receiving support.The director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall annually report on the first day of September to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education the number of children with disabilities affected by § 16-7-20 and the educational program costs for the children.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 74; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 24; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 24; P.L. 2013, ch. 501, § 21.
RI Gen L § 16-7-20.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-20.2 - Repealed.

§ 16-7-20.2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 43, § 6; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 77, § 6; Repealed by P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 15, § 2, effective July 1, 1994.
RI Gen L § 16-7-20.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-20.3 - Repealed.

§ 16-7-20.3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 77, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 15, § 2, effective July 1, 1994.
RI Gen L § 16-7-20.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-20.4 - Repealed.

§ 16-7-20.4. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 77, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 15, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 32, effective July 6, 2001.
RI Gen L § 16-7-20.5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-20.5 - Computation of regionalization bonus.

§ 16-7-20.5. Computation of regionalization bonus.For each regional school district, a state share shall be computed and multiplied by the reference year cost, as defined under § 16-7-16(11), of the basic program, as defined under § 16-7-16(3). The state share shall equal two percent (2%) for each grade so consolidated for the first two (2) years of operation, diminishing thereafter by one-fourth of one percent (¼%) per grade per year, but in no event shall the increased percentage be less than eight percent (8%); provided further, that the individual communities in the Chariho regional districts shall each receive the applicable increased percentage of those grades serviced by the regional school district. Reimbursement payments as calculated under this section shall be made in accordance with the monthly distribution defined under § 16-7-20(c).History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 18, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 31.
RI Gen L § 16-7-20.6, 16-7-20.7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-20.6, 16-7-20.7 - Repealed.

§ 16-7-20.6, 16-7-20.7. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 18, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 22, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 32, effective July 6, 2001.
RI Gen L § 16-7-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-21 - Determination and adjustment of equalized weighted assessed valuation.

§ 16-7-21. Determination and adjustment of equalized weighted assessed valuation.On or before August 1 of each year the division of property valuation within the department of revenue shall determine and certify to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education the equalized weighted assessed valuation for each city and town in the following manner:(1) The total assessed valuations of real and tangible personal property for each city and town as of December 31 of the third preceding calendar year shall be weighted by bringing the valuation to the true and market value of real and tangible personal property. The total assessed valuations of real and tangible personal property for all cities and towns shall be applied to the true and market valuations of the property for all cities and towns and the resulting percentage shall determine the average throughout the state. This percentage applied to the sum of the total true and market value of real and tangible personal property of each city and town shall be the equalized weighted assessed valuation of each city and town.(2) The equalized weighted assessed valuation for each city and town shall be allocated to the particular city or town, and in the case of a regional school district that does not service all grades, except the Chariho regional high school district, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall apportion that proportion of the equalized weighted assessed valuation of the member cities or towns that the average daily membership serviced by the regional school district bears to the total average daily membership, and the equalized weighted assessed valuation of the member cities and towns shall be appropriately reduced.(3) The equalized weighted assessed valuation for each community as allocated or apportioned in accordance with subsection (2) shall be adjusted by the ratio that the median family income of a city or town bears to the statewide median family income as reported in the latest available federal census data. The total state adjusted equalized weighted assessed valuation shall be the same as the total state equalized weighted assessed valuation.(4) In the event that certified data is later determined to be incorrect, the division of property valuation, in conjunction with the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, shall inform local education agencies, the senate president, and the speaker of the house of the issue(s) within five (5) days of the determination.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 7; P.L. 1961, ch. 93, § 2; P.L. 1967, ch. 160, § 3; P.L. 1975, ch. 260, art. 4, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 264, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 74; P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 38, § 3; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 9, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7-23.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-23.1 - Special maintenance of effort rules for high local contribution and high per pupil expenditure communities.

§ 16-7-23.1. Special maintenance of effort rules for high local contribution and high per pupil expenditure communities.(a) Any community that has a local appropriation that funds at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the basic education program shall be defined as a high local contribution community. A high local contribution community that has provided full funding of the basic education program and all other approved programs required in law and regulation is authorized to reduce its local appropriation to schools by an amount up to ten percent (10%) of any increase it receives in state school funds, pursuant to the implementation of the permanent foundation education aid formula as defined in § 16-7.2-3.(b) Any community that has a local appropriation that combined with state education aid provides full funding of the basic education program and exceeds the benchmarks established by the department of elementary and secondary education for costs outside the permanent foundation education aid formula, pursuant to § 16-7.2-3, including but not limited to transportation, facility maintenance, and retiree health care, shall be defined as a high per pupil expenditure community. A high per pupil expenditure community is authorized to reduce its local appropriation to schools by an amount up to ten percent (10%) of any increase it receives in state school funds, pursuant to the implementation of the permanent foundation education aid formula as defined in § 16-7.2-3.(c) Upon request of the local community, and for good cause shown, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education may grant variances to subsection (a) and (b) if the commissioner finds that such adjustment does not disrupt the continued effective operation of the public school system of the city or town.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 125, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7-23.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-23.2 - School deficit reduction - Maintenance of effort provision.

§ 16-7-23.2. School deficit reduction — Maintenance of effort provision.A city, town, or regional school district appropriating authority may appropriate supplemental funds to eliminate or reduce a school budget deficit. To the extent that such a supplemental appropriation represents payment of past annual expenditure, the payment shall not be used in the computation of the maintenance of effort requirements established by § 16-7-23.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 12, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-7-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-24 - Minimum appropriation by a community for approved school expenses.

§ 16-7-24. Minimum appropriation by a community for approved school expenses.Each community shall appropriate or otherwise make available to the school committee for approved school expenditures during each school year, to be expended under the direction and supervision of the school committee of that community, an amount, which, together with state education aid and federal aid: (1) shall be not less than the costs of the basic program during the reference year, (2) plus the costs in the reference year of all optional programs shared by the state; provided, however, that the state funds provided in accordance with § 16-5-31 shall not be used to supplant local funds. The board of regents for elementary and secondary education shall adopt regulations for determining the basic education program and the maintenance of local appropriation to support the basic education program. A community that has a local appropriation insufficient to fund the basic education program pursuant to the regulations described in this section and all other approved programs shared by the state and required in law shall be required to increase its local appropriation in accordance with § 44-5-2 or find efficiencies in other non-education programs to provide sufficient funding to support the public schools. The city of Central Falls annual local contribution to education shall be determined pursuant to subsection 16-7.2-6(d).History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 10; P.L. 1983, ch. 200, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 74; P.L. 1988, ch. 336, § 10; P.L. 2010, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 125, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-25 - Minimum program required.

§ 16-7-25. Minimum program required.The school committee in each community shall operate the schools each year on an appropriate level at least as adequate as the minimum established in §§ 16-7-15 to 16-7-34.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 10.
RI Gen L § 16-7-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-26 - Repealed.

§ 16-7-26. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 10; Repealed by P.L. 1975, ch. 299, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-7-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-27 - School tax rate to be identified.

§ 16-7-27. School tax rate to be identified.The taxing authority in every city and town of the state shall record upon the individual tax notices the tax rate which is apportioned for school purposes separate from the tax rate which is apportioned for municipal purposes and the total of these two (2) tax rates.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 10.
RI Gen L § 16-7-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-7-28 - Separate revenue and expenditure records kept by school communities.

§ 16-7-28. Separate revenue and expenditure records kept by school communities.The communities shall provide for the keeping of separate revenue and expenditure records for all school purposes including capital expenditures on any forms and in any manner that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education may prescribe.History of Section.P.L. 1960, ch. 27, § 10.