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RI Gen L § 16-19-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-1.1 - Grants and gifts - Acceptance and expenditure - Coventry - Woonsocket.

§ 16-19-1.1. Grants and gifts — Acceptance and expenditure — Coventry — Woonsocket.(a) The Coventry and Woonsocket school departments or school committees may accept any and all donations, gifts and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, conditional or otherwise, from any state, the federal government, or any governmental entity or agency; or from any person, firm, association, foundation or corporation, and shall receive, utilize and dispose of the same pursuant to the express terms or conditions stipulated by such donation, gift or grant.(b) Any amounts so received shall be deposited with the city/town treasurer and shall be held as a separate account and may be expended by such school department or school committee receiving the grant, gift or donations without further appropriation.(c) If the express terms or conditions of the donation, gift or grant so stipulate, interest on the donated, gifted or granted funds may remain with and become a part of the donation, gift or grant account and may be expended as part of the donation, gift or grant by the school department or school committee receiving the donation, gift or grant without further appropriation.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 317, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 434, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 343, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 440, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-19-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-2 - Approval of private schools - Requirements - Review.

§ 16-19-2. Approval of private schools — Requirements — Review.For the purposes of this chapter a private school or at-home instruction shall be approved only when it complies with the following requirements: (1) that the period of attendance of the pupils in the school or in the home instruction is substantially equal to that required by law in public schools; (2) that registers are kept and returned to the school committee, the superintendent of schools, truant officers, and the department of elementary and secondary education in relation to the attendance of pupils, and are made the same as registers kept by the public schools; (3) that reading, writing, geography, arithmetic, the history of the United States, the history of Rhode Island, and the principles of American government shall be taught in the English language substantially to the same extent as these subjects are required to be taught in the public schools, and that the teaching of the English language and of other subjects indicated in this section shall be thorough and efficient; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed or operate to deny the right to teach in private schools or in at-home instruction any of the subjects or any other subject in any other language in addition to the teaching in English as prescribed in this section; provided, further, that any interested person resident in any city or town aggrieved by the action of the school committee of the city or town either in approving or refusing to approve at-home instruction may appeal the action to the department of elementary and secondary education. The department of elementary and secondary education, after notice to the parties interested of the time and place of a hearing, shall examine and decide the appeal without cost to the parties. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall also grant a hearing to any party aggrieved by a refusal to approve a private school pursuant to § 16-60-6(10). The decision of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education shall, if an appeal is made to the board, be final.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 76, § 8; P.L. 1925, ch. 678, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 181, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 16-19-2; P.L. 1984, ch. 345, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-19-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-3 - Appointment and compensation of truant officers - Supplies and assistance - Joint officers - Tenure.

§ 16-19-3. Appointment and compensation of truant officers — Supplies and assistance — Joint officers — Tenure.The school committee of each city or town shall annually in the month of December appoint one or more persons as truant officers, who shall by virtue of their appointment be clothed with the power of special constables, and fix their compensation, which shall be payable from the appropriation for public schools. The school committee may also furnish all necessary supplies and clerical assistance for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of the truant officer. The school committee of two (2) or more cities or towns may appoint the same truant officer or officers, and any school committee that appoints other employees on a different tenure of office than annual appointments may appoint truant officers on a similar tenure in lieu of the annual appointment mentioned in this section and may fix their compensation from time to time.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 64, § 3; P.L. 1901, ch. 924, § 1; P.L. 1902, ch. 1009, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 72, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 76, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 181, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1946, ch. 1775, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 16-19-3.
RI Gen L § 16-19-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-4 - Prosecution of violations - Process - Fees.

§ 16-19-4. Prosecution of violations — Process — Fees.The truant officers shall, under the direction of the school committee, inquire into all cases arising under the provisions of this chapter, and shall be authorized, with the assistance of police officers upon request in case of violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, to make complaint for violations of this chapter. They may also serve all legal processes issued in pursuance of this chapter, but shall not be entitled to receive any fees for the service; provided, however, that in case of the commitment of any person under the provisions of any section of this chapter, or for default of payment of any fine and costs imposed, the officer shall be entitled to the regular fees allowed by law for similar service.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 64, § 3; P.L. 1901, ch. 924, § 1; P.L. 1902, ch. 1009, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 72, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 76, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 181, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 16-19-4; P.L. 1996, ch. 347, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-19-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-5 - Inspection and reports of places of employment of minors - Work certificates.

§ 16-19-5. Inspection and reports of places of employment of minors — Work certificates.Truant officers and industrial inspectors may visit any places or establishments where minor children are employed to ascertain whether the provisions of this chapter are duly complied with, and may as often as twice in every year demand from all employers of minor children a report containing the names of all children who have not completed sixteen (16) years of life that are employed by them, the report to give the names, ages, and residences of all these children; and all employers of children under sixteen (16) years of age shall produce for the inspection of truant officers and industrial inspectors the permits to work prescribed by chapter 3 of title 28; and for any refusal to make reports provided for in this section, or for any refusal to produce the permits to work provided for in this section, any employer of children shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 64, §§ 7-9; P.L. 1902, ch. 1009, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 72, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 76, § 3; P.L. 1936, ch. 2360, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 181, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 16-19-5.
RI Gen L § 16-19-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-6 - Proceedings against habitual truants and offenders.

§ 16-19-6. Proceedings against habitual truants and offenders.Every habitual truant, that is, every child who is required under § 16-19-1 to attend school and who willfully and habitually absents himself or herself from attending school; and every habitual school offender, that is, every child who is required to attend school under the provision of § 16-19-1, but who persistently violates the rules and regulations of the school which he or she attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves in the school which he or she attends, so as to render him or herself a fit subject for exclusion; shall be deemed a wayward child as provided in chapter 1 of title 14, and shall be subject to all the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14, and may be proceeded against and dealt with as a wayward child in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 64, §§ 8, 12, 13; P.L. 1902, ch. 1009, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 72, § 5; P.L. 1922, ch. 2210, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 76, § 4; P.L. 1923, ch. 449, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 840, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 181, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 16-19-6.
RI Gen L § 16-19-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-7 - Disposition of fines.

§ 16-19-7. Disposition of fines.All fines under the provisions of §§ 16-19-1 and 16-19-5 shall inure and be applied to the support of the public schools in the city or town where the offense was committed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 64, §§ 9, 15; P.L. 1902, ch. 1009, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 72, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 76, § 5; P.L. 1926, ch. 840, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 181, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 16-19-7.
RI Gen L § 16-19-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-8 - Jurisdiction of family court.

§ 16-19-8. Jurisdiction of family court.(a) Jurisdiction of cases arising under § 16-19-1 may reside with juvenile hearing boards in those cities and towns that so desire to hear these cases and which have established juvenile hearing boards. Any municipal juvenile hearing board established pursuant to this section shall, prior to hearing any compulsory attendance cases, inform the chief judge of the family court, in writing, of its establishment and plan to hear compulsory attendance cases. In all other cases arising under § 16-19-1 jurisdiction shall be with the family court. The town of North Providence shall have the authority to establish a juvenile hearing board pursuant to this section.(b) The family court shall also have authority to issue equitable orders, enforceable through contempt of court proceedings, needed to enforce § 16-19-1. As an alternative to the procedure set out in § 16-19-1, the school committee may file a civil complaint seeking injunctive relief in truancy cases. If the family court rules in favor of the school committee the court may issue an injunction, enforceable through contempt of court proceedings, requiring compliance with the compulsory attendance law. Neither prior resort to enforcement proceedings under § 16-19-1 nor a showing of irreparable injury shall be prerequisite to injunctive relief under this section.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 64, §§ 10, 16; P.L. 1902, ch. 1009, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 72, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 76, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 181, § 6; impl. am. P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 16-19-8; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 31; P.L. 1984, ch. 345, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 272, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 281, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-19-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-9 - Immunity from liability for costs.

§ 16-19-9. Immunity from liability for costs.No officer complaining under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be required to give surety for costs; and the officer shall not in any way become liable for any costs that may accrue on the complaint.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 64, §§ 11, 17; P.L. 1902, ch. 1009, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 72, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 76, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 181, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 16-19-9.
RI Gen L § 16-19-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-19-10 - Notification of pupil absence.

§ 16-19-10. Notification of pupil absence.(a) Whenever any pupil in grades kindergarten through nine (9) fails to report to school on a regularly scheduled school day and no indication has been received by school personnel that the pupil's parent or guardian is aware of the pupil's absence, a reasonable effort to notify, by telephone, the parent or guardian shall be made by school personnel or volunteers organized by the school committee of each city, town, or regional school district or the director or other person in charge of private schools of elementary and secondary grades.(b) School committees, school personnel, or volunteers organized pursuant to this section shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection with the notice to parents of a pupil's absence or failure to give the notice required by this section.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 428, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-20-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-20 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Section 16-20-1 - School holidays enumerated.

§ 16-20-1. School holidays enumerated.The first day of January (as New Year's Day), the third Monday of January (as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), the twenty-second day of February (as Washington's Birthday), the thirtieth day of May (as Memorial Day), the fourth day of July (as Independence Day), the twelfth day of October (as Columbus Day), the eleventh day of November (as Veterans Day), the twenty-fifth day of December (as Christmas Day), and each of these days in every year, or when any of the days falls on a Sunday, then the day following it, the first Monday of September (as Labor Day), and any other days that the governor or general assembly of this state or the president or the congress of the United States shall appoint as holidays for any purpose, days of thanksgiving, or days of solemn fast, shall be school holidays and no session of any school, except as provided in this section, in this state shall be held on any one of these days. Independent schools shall not be required to observe as a holiday the third Monday of January (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1071, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 75, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1942, ch. 1223, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-20-1; P.L. 1980, ch. 270, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 38.
RI Gen L § 16-20-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-20 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Section 16-20-2 - Special holidays for war effort.

§ 16-20-2. Special holidays for war effort.In addition to the holidays in § 16-20-1, the governor may proclaim school holidays for the purpose of using the school premises and/or personnel in whole or in part for the state and/or federal administration in connection with a war effort, and the days so proclaimed may on specific recommendation of the governor be deducted by the authorities of the several cities and towns from the gross number of school days required by law.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 191, § 1; P.L. 1942, ch. 1223, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-20-2.
RI Gen L § 16-20-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-20 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Section 16-20-3 - Days of special observance - Duty of teachers and officials.

§ 16-20-3. Days of special observance — Duty of teachers and officials.The twelfth day of February (as Grand Army Flag Day, in honor of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln), the last Friday in April (as Arbor Day), the fourth day of May (as Rhode Island Independence Day), the thirteenth day of September (as Commodore John Barry Day), and each of these days in every year, or when any of these days shall fall on Saturday then the day preceding, or on Sunday then the day following, shall be especially observed with appropriate exercises in all the schools of this state; and it shall be the duty of teachers and school officers to make suitable provisions for the proper observance of these days.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1071, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 75, § 2; P.L. 1936, ch. 2282, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 191, § 2; P.L. 1945, ch. 1535, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2453, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-20-3.
RI Gen L § 16-20-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-20 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance|Section 16-20-4 - Grand Army Flag Day - Uniform salute to the flag.

§ 16-20-4. Grand Army Flag Day — Uniform salute to the flag.It shall be the duty of the teachers of the public schools to prepare a program of patriotic exercises for the proper observance of Grand Army Flag Day. The department of elementary and secondary education shall prepare for the use of the schools a printed program providing for a uniform salute to the flag, to be used daily during the session of the school. The salute to the flag shall be as follows: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all".History of Section.P.L. 1901, ch. 818 § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 64, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 66, § 12; P.L. 1932, ch. 1927, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 20, § 1; P.L. 1939, ch. 689, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-20-4.
RI Gen L § 16-21-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-21 - Health and Safety of Pupils|Section 16-21-1.1 - Student registration for transportation.

§ 16-21-1.1. Student registration for transportation.(a) The school committee of any city or town or regional school district in this state may maintain a registry of any students who will require busing during the school year.(b) The students' parents may register the names and addresses of students with the school district at the start of each school year.(c) The school district of each city or town or regional school district may use the information in the registry to more cost-efficiently provide transportation to its pupils who it is responsible for transporting to school.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 461, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 462, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-21-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-21 - Health and Safety of Pupils|Section 16-21-2 - Repealed.

§ 16-21-2. Repealed.History of Section.This section (G.L. 1923, ch. 70, § 31½; P.L. 1937, ch. 2506, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 178, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 16-21-2; P.L. 1971, ch. 270, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 187, § 1), which was declared unconstitutional by the federal district court, Members of Jamestown School Comm. v. Schmidt, 427 F. Supp. 1338 (D.R.I. 1977), is considered repealed by § 16-21.1-6. For present provisions, see §§ 16-21.1-1 — 16-21.1-5.
RI Gen L § 16-21-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-21 - Health and Safety of Pupils|Section 16-21-3 - Standards for school building.

§ 16-21-3. Standards for school building.(a) The state building codes standards committee, the state fire marshal, the state health department, and the department of labor and training — division of occupational health and safety shall determine whether the school buildings in the several cities and towns or on state property conform to appropriate state law and regulation. Further, it shall be the responsibility of each local fire chief, local building inspector, the director of the state department of health, and the director of the state department of labor and training to determine and notify each local school superintendent or private school official by August 1 of each year as to whether the public and private nursery and elementary and secondary school buildings conform to appropriate state law and regulation. In the case of those schools on state property, it shall be the responsibility of the state building commissioner, the state fire marshal, the director of the department of health, and the department of labor and training to notify the department director responsible for the operation of the school as to whether these schools conform to appropriate state law and regulation.(b) The state building code standards committee shall establish building code standards necessary for the implementation of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1911, ch. 725, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 78, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 182, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-21-3; P.L. 1986, ch. 337, §§ 2, 3.
RI Gen L § 16-21-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-21 - Health and Safety of Pupils|Section 16-21-3.1 - Approval.

§ 16-21-3.1. Approval.(a) It shall be the duty of the superintendent of schools, private school official, or in the case of state operated schools, the responsibility of the director of the state operated school, to ensure that schools are not opened until notification is received from the aforementioned agencies that the schools are in compliance with their respective codes.(b) Neglect by any superintendent, private school official, or the director of any state operated school to comply with the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 337, § 3; P.L. 2021, ch. 395, § 4, effective July 14, 2021.
RI Gen L § 16-21-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-21 - Health and Safety of Pupils|Section 16-21-5 - Uniform fire code or drill tactics - Reports.

§ 16-21-5. Uniform fire code or drill tactics — Reports.(a) It shall be the duty of the department of elementary and secondary education or the office of higher education, as appropriate, to formulate a uniform fire code or drill tactics to be used in all schools in accordance with § 16-21-4 and to furnish a sufficient number of copies for use in all schools together with forms for reporting to the fire department of the city or town in which the schools are located and to the department or office. These forms shall be furnished by the department or office to all schools and shall be substantially as follows:State of Rhode IslandName of school . . . . .  Principal or person in charge . . . . .   day of time alarm a.m. Date drill is held ............ week ............ sounded............ p.m. Time taken to empty building ..........  minutes ............ seconds Total time elapsed before school work is resumed ............ minutes ............ seconds check type of drill ...... one ...... obstructed ......... unobstructed ......... Signal used . . . . .  Number of fire alarm button or station used . . . . .  Name of person sounding alarm . . . . .  Weather conditions . . . . .  Temperature . . . . .  Remarks . . . . . (b) In the case of colleges, universities, and postsecondary institutions, these reports shall remain on the premises available for review by fire officials.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 68, § 11; P.L. 1912, ch. 797, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 71, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 180, § 11; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-21-5; P.L. 1959, ch. 132, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 215, § 1.