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RI Gen L § 16-33.1-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-33.1 - Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-33.1-2.1 - Additional powers of the President of the College.

§ 16-33.1-2.1. Additional powers of the President of the College.In addition to any powers granted to the president of the Community College of Rhode Island by law or regulation, and consistent with shared governance practices, in conformity with § 16-33.1-3, the president shall have the following additional powers and duties:(a) To create and consolidate departments, divisions, programs, and courses of study within the college with the assistance of the commissioner of postsecondary education within the approved role and scope adopted by the council on postsecondary education pursuant to § 16-59-4. Any new or proposed eliminations of departments, divisions, programs or courses of study that are outside the role and scope approved by the council shall require the review and approval of the council on postsecondary education.(b) To adopt a budget for the college and submit it to the council on postsecondary education for approval.(c) To be responsible for the general management of property of the college.(d) To recommend to the council on postsecondary education, after consultation with the commissioner of postsecondary education, tables of organization for the college.(e) To submit to the office of postsecondary commissioner and to compile and analyze the following information for presentation to the council on postsecondary education and the board of education annually by May 1 the following:(1) A detailed departmental breakdown of all faculty members employed at the college by rank (including all professors, associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers, and instructors) and tenure (tenured and non-tenured, and other) and by race (African American, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian) and gender.(2) A detailed report on current student enrollments for each class at the college by race and gender, by academic department, and by outreach program (e.g. talent development), guaranteed admissions program, and the current levels of funding and staff support for each of these programs.(3) A report on the current status of the African and Afro-American studies programs at the college and a five (5) year budgetary history of the programs along with projections for budgetary support for the next two (2) years.(4) A plan for recruitment of African American and Hispanic faculty into tenure track positions at the college with specific reference to and planned involvement with the New England higher education's minority faculty recruitment and development plan.(5) Copies of the report shall be furnished to the council on postsecondary education and the board of education.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 20, § 4.
RI Gen L § 16-33.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-33.1 - Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-33.1-3 - Award of degrees - Curriculum and government.

§ 16-33.1-3. Award of degrees — Curriculum and government.The board of governors, with the approval of the president and a committee of the faculty of the community college, shall award associate degrees, certificates, and diplomas and confer honors in the same manner as is customary in American junior colleges and community colleges. It shall also be the duty of the president and a committee of the faculty, with the approval of the board of governors, to arrange courses of study, prescribe any qualifications for the admission of students and any rules of study, exercise, discipline, and government as the president and committee may deem proper.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 24, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-33.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-33.1 - Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-33.1-4 - Diploma on graduation.

§ 16-33.1-4. Diploma on graduation.Persons who shall have passed the regular course of studies at the Community College of Rhode Island shall, on the written recommendation of the president, receive a diploma issued by the board of governors.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 24, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-33.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-33.1 - Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-33.1-5 - Doctor William F. Flanagan Campus.

§ 16-33.1-5. Doctor William F. Flanagan Campus.The Blackstone Valley campus of the Community College of Rhode Island shall be named the Doctor William F. Flanagan campus.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 4, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 24, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-33.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-33.1 - Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-33.1-6 - Statutory references - Former name.

§ 16-33.1-6. Statutory references — Former name.When in any existing law reference is made to Rhode Island Junior College and where in existing law the term "junior college," "college," "said junior college," or "said college," as variously used, refers to "Rhode Island Junior College," the reference and the term shall be deemed to refer to the Community College of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 24, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 5; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 44.
RI Gen L § 16-34-1 - 16-34-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-34 - Nautical School|Section 16-34-1 - 16-34-6 - Repealed.

§ 16-34-1 — 16-34-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2377, §§ 1-5, 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 189, §§ 1-6; G.L. 1956, §§ 16-34-1 — 16-34-6; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 395, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-35-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-35 - School of Design|Section 16-35-1 - Appropriations - Visitation.

§ 16-35-1. Appropriations — Visitation.Any sums that shall be from time to time appropriated by the general assembly to the Rhode Island School of Design shall be paid by the general treasurer upon the orders of the office of higher education, which is empowered and authorized to visit and examine the school at its pleasure.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 67, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 84, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 190, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-35-1.
RI Gen L § 16-35-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-35 - School of Design|Section 16-35-2 - Annual report of directors.

§ 16-35-2. Annual report of directors.The directors of the school of design shall make an annual report to the office of higher education in manner and form prescribed by the office of higher education.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 67, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 77, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 84, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 190, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-35-2.
RI Gen L § 16-35-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-35 - School of Design|Section 16-35-3 - Commissioner as member of board of directors.

§ 16-35-3. Commissioner as member of board of directors.The commissioner of higher education shall, by virtue of his or her office, be a member of the board of directors of the school of design.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 67, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 77, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 84, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 190, § 3; P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 16-35-3.
RI Gen L § 16-35-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-35 - School of Design|Section 16-35-4 - Appropriations and disbursements for textile department.

§ 16-35-4. Appropriations and disbursements for textile department.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum as it may deem necessary, to be paid by the general treasurer to the Rhode Island School of Design upon the order of the state controller, upon the presentation of proper vouchers approved by the office of higher education, to be applied by the school exclusively to the general uses and purposes of its textile department.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 77, § 7; P.L. 1913, ch. 967, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 84, § 7; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 190, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65, impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-35-4.
RI Gen L § 16-36-1, 16-36-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-36 - College of Pharmacy|Section 16-36-1, 16-36-2 - Repealed.

§ 16-36-1, 16-36-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1941, ch. 1073, §§ 1, 3; G.L. 1956, §§ 16-36-1, 16-36-2; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 395, § 1. For provisions concerning establishment and management of the college of pharmacy fund, see §§ 16-32-25, 16-32-26.
RI Gen L § 16-37-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-1 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-37-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-2 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-37-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-3 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 45; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-37-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-4 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-4. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-37-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-5 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-5. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-37-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-6 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-37-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-7 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-7. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-37-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-8 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-8. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-37-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund|Section 16-37-9 - Repealed.

§ 16-37-9. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 275, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 7, § 1, effective July 1, 2015.
RI Gen L § 16-38-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-1 - Discrimination because of race or age.

§ 16-38-1. Discrimination because of race or age.No person shall be excluded from any public school on account of race or color, or for being over fifteen (15) years of age, nor except by force of some general regulation applicable to all persons under the same circumstances.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-1.
RI Gen L § 16-38-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-2 - Immunization.

§ 16-38-2. Immunization.(a) Every person upon entering any public or private school including any college or university in this state as a pupil shall furnish to the administrative head of the school evidence that the person has been immunized against any diseases that may from time to time be prescribed by regulation of the director of health and tested for tuberculosis, or a certificate from a licensed physician stating that the person is not a fit subject for immunization for medical reasons, or a certificate signed by the pupil, if over eighteen (18) years of age, or by the parent or guardian stating that immunization and/or testing for communicable diseases is contrary to that person's religious beliefs. It shall be the responsibility of the administrative head of the school to secure compliance with these regulations.(b) Every child more than twenty-four (24) months of age, resident in the state of Rhode Island, shall be eligible to receive the immunization against meningococcal disease. The Department of Health shall include meningococcal vaccine in the department's immunization program, established by § 23-1-44.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 10; P.L. 1915, ch. 1201, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 9; P.L. 1925, ch. 644, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-2; P.L. 1961, ch. 133, § 4; P.L. 1968, ch. 188, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 175, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 253, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 406, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 34, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-38-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-3 - Maintenance of nuisances in proximity to schools.

§ 16-38-3. Maintenance of nuisances in proximity to schools.No person shall keep any swine in any pen or other enclosure, or shall keep or suffer to be kept any other nuisance, within one hundred (100) feet of any schoolhouse or within one hundred (100) feet of any fence enclosing the yard of any schoolhouse.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 5; P.L. 1956, § 16-38-3.
RI Gen L § 16-38-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-4 - Exclusive clubs.

§ 16-38-4. Exclusive clubs.No society, secret or otherwise, no fraternity or sorority, and no club to membership in which less than the entire student body shall be eligible shall be formed in any public school or among the pupils of the public schools; provided, that this section shall not apply to class or school organizations formed and conducted exclusively for the purposes of promoting approved school activities, and subject to supervision and direction by teachers under rules and regulations prescribed by school committees.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 11; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-4.
RI Gen L § 16-38-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-5 - Questionnaires invading privacy.

§ 16-38-5. Questionnaires invading privacy.It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or institution, educational or otherwise, to circulate or permit to be circulated in any school in this state any questionnaire intentionally or unintentionally framed as to ask the pupils of any school intimate questions about themselves and/or their families, trespassing upon the pupil's constitutional rights and invading the privacy of the home, unless the questionnaire has received the approval of the department of elementary and secondary education and the local school committee. Any person, persons, or institution who is found to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1332, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-5.
RI Gen L § 16-38-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-5.1 - Assignment of identification numbers to students.

§ 16-38-5.1. Assignment of identification numbers to students.(a) Effective July 1, 2007, no public educational institution, including, but not limited to, the department of elementary and secondary education and the office of higher education, shall assign an individual identification number to a student which is identical to or incorporates the individual's social security number.(b) No public educational institution shall allow the public display of a student's social security number, or any four (4) or more consecutive numbers contained in the individual's social security number for any purpose.(c) In any civil action alleging a violation of this section, the court may award damages, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff, and afford injunctive relief against any institution which violates or proposes to violate this section.(d) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit an educational institution's use of a student's social security number when required by law.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 411, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-38-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-7 - Interest of school official in sale of textbook.

§ 16-38-7. Interest of school official in sale of textbook.No superintendent or school committee of any city or town, or any person officially connected with the government or direction of the public schools, shall receive any private fee, gratuity, donation, or compensation in any manner for promoting the sale or the exchange of any school book, map, or chart in any public school, or be an agent for the sale or the publisher of any school textbook, or be directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in the introduction of any school textbook; and any agency or interest shall disqualify any person acting or interested as described from holding any school office.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-7.
RI Gen L § 16-38-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-8 - Offer to pay school official for sale of equipment.

§ 16-38-8. Offer to pay school official for sale of equipment.No person shall offer to any public school officer any fee, commission, or compensation as an inducement to effect through the officer any sale or promotion of sale or exchange of any school book, map, chart, or school apparatus.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-8.
RI Gen L § 16-38-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-9 - Liability of school officers for misconduct.

§ 16-38-9. Liability of school officers for misconduct.Every school officer who shall make any false certificate, or appropriate any public school money to any purpose not authorized by law, or who shall refuse for a reasonable charge to give certified copies of any official paper, or to account for or deliver to his or her successor any accounts, papers, or money in his or her hands, or shall willfully or knowingly refuse to perform any duty of his or her office, or violate any provisions of any law regulating public schools, except where a particular penalty may be prescribed, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, and shall be liable to an action of the case for damages to be brought by any person injured by this violation.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-9.
RI Gen L § 16-38-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-10 - Power of officials to visit schools.

§ 16-38-10. Power of officials to visit schools.Any school receiving aid from the state, either by direct grant or by exemption from taxation, may be visited and examined by the school committee of the city or town in which the school is situated, and by the board of elementary and secondary education or its duly authorized agents, and by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education or the commissioner's duly authorized agents, when they shall deem it advisable.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-10; P.L. 1988, ch. 585, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-38-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-11 - Termination of school exemption from taxation for noncompliance.

§ 16-38-11. Termination of school exemption from taxation for noncompliance.Whenever a school shall refuse to permit visitation, when requested, or shall refuse or neglect to keep the school register and to make returns as required by law, its exemption from taxation shall thereafter cease and be determined; and the board of regents for elementary and secondary education or the superintendent of schools shall notify the assessors of taxes in the town or city where the school may be located of the refusal or neglect.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 4; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-11.
RI Gen L § 16-38-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-38-12 - Penalty for violations.

§ 16-38-12. Penalty for violations.Every person violating any provision of this chapter shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days unless provided in this section; provided, that the penalty shall not apply to §§ 16-38-4 to 16-38-6.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 12; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-12.