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RI Gen L § 16-95-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-95 - The Recovery High Schools Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-95-1 - Short title.

§ 16-95-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Recovery High Schools Act."History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 331, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 388, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-95-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-95 - The Recovery High Schools Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-95-2 - Definitions.

§ 16-95-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) "Recovery High School" means a public school or a special education program licensed by RIDE that: (i) Serves students diagnosed with substance use disorder or dependency, as defined by the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders IV-TR; and (ii) Provides both comprehensive four (4) year high school education and a structured plan of recovery.(2) "Board of regents" means the Rhode Island board of regents for elementary and secondary education.(3) "Commissioner" means the Rhode Island commissioner of elementary and secondary education.(4) "RIDE" means the Rhode Island department of elementary and secondary education.(5) "Sending school district" means the district where the student attending or planning to attend a recovery high school resides, and that, upon recommendation of a clinician licensed pursuant to chapter 42-35, refers the student for enrollment.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 331, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 388, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-95-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-95 - The Recovery High Schools Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-95-3 - Recovery high schools established.

§ 16-95-3. Recovery high schools established.(a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to create a pilot recovery high school for the purposes of demonstrating the effectiveness of this model in Rhode Island. Any currently licensed entities eligible to establish a recovery high school, as defined in subdivision 16-93-2(1), may submit a proposal to operate a pilot recovery high school to the commissioner no later than December 1st of the school year before the school year in which the recovery high school is to begin operation. The approval of the board of regents shall be required in order for the recovery high school to begin operation.(b) By approval of the proposal upon the recommendation of the commissioner, the board of regents will be deemed to have authorized all necessary variances from regulations enumerated in the proposal.(c) After two (2) years of operation, the pilot recovery high school will be required to submit an analysis demonstrating the educational outcomes, including, but not limited to, graduation rates, retention rates, course performance, and performance on the state assessment attained through the pilot to the commissioner.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 331, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 388, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-95-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-95 - The Recovery High Schools Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-95-4 - Transfer of aid.

§ 16-95-4. Transfer of aid.(a) Any school district in Rhode Island that may have a student, or students, who are currently or were last enrolled in said district and who are diagnosed with substance use disorder or dependency, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR, may be referred to a Rhode Island recovery high school by a clinician licensed pursuant to chapter 69 of title 5 for voluntary enrollment in such school. If said student is admitted to said school, the sending school district shall ensure that payment, pursuant to subsection (b) for students who attend the recovery high school, is paid, and further, that upon completion of all other graduation requirements, said student or students shall receive a diploma.(b) A sending school district shall transfer the per-pupil core-instructional amount, pursuant to chapter 7.2 of title 16 ("The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act") to a recovery high school for any student attending the recovery high school and meeting the following criteria: (1) The student is currently enrolled in the district or currently resides in the municipality in which the district is located; (2) The student is considered by a clinician, licensed pursuant to chapter 69 of title 5, to be clinically appropriate, using the criteria for substance use disorders as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR; and (3) The student meets all matriculation criteria as outlined by the sending district and the department of elementary and secondary education, with determination of academic eligibility based on existing documentation provided by the district. The district and the recovery high school shall arrange to confer a diploma when a student completes state- and district-mandated graduation requirements.(c) The state shall appropriate no less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the administration and programmatic costs of each recovery high school.(d) A recovery high school shall submit to the council on elementary and secondary education academic data considered necessary by the council to provide information regarding each student's academic performance, subject to applicable health confidentiality laws and regulations.(e) The council on elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the department of behavioral health, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement and carry out the intent of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 331, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 388, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 8; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 12, § 2.
RI Gen L § 16-96-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-96 - The College and Career Success for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-96-1 - Short title.

§ 16-96-1. Short title.This act shall be known and may be cited as "The College and Career Success For All Students Act."History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 350, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-96-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-96 - The College and Career Success for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-96-2 - Purpose.

§ 16-96-2. Purpose.The purpose of this chapter shall be to ensure that each Rhode Island student has a sufficient education for success after high school and that all students have equal access to a substantive and rigorous curriculum that is designed to challenge their minds, enhance their knowledge and skills, and prepare them for success in college and work.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 350, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-96-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-96 - The College and Career Success for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-96-3 - Definitions.

§ 16-96-3. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Advanced Placement course" means a course sponsored by the college board and offered for college credit at the high school level.(2) "Advanced Placement teacher" means a teacher of an advanced placement course.(3) "Pre-Advanced Placement" means set professional development resources and services that equip all middle and high school teachers with the strategies and tools they need to engage their students in active, high-level learning, thereby ensuring that every middle and high school student develops the skills, habits of mind, and concepts they need to succeed in advanced placement courses.(4) "Board of regents" means the board of regents for elementary and secondary education.(5) "Vertical team" means a group of teachers and educators from different grade levels in a given discipline who work cooperatively to develop and implement a vertically aligned program aimed at helping students from diverse backgrounds acquire the academic skills necessary for success in advanced placement courses and other challenging courses.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 350, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-96-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-96 - The College and Career Success for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-96-4 - Teacher training.

§ 16-96-4. Teacher training.(a) Subject to appropriation, the state board of governors for higher education and the state board of regents for elementary and secondary education will work jointly to establish clear, specific, and challenging training guidelines that require teachers of advanced placement courses to obtain recognized advanced placement training endorsed by the college board.(b) Advanced placement and pre-advanced placement training to teachers in Rhode Island high schools must do all of the following:(1) Provide teachers of advanced placement and teachers in courses that lead to advanced placement with the necessary content knowledge and instructional skills to prepare students for success in advanced placement courses and examinations and other advanced course examinations and mastery of postsecondary course content.(2) Provide administrators, including principals and counselors, with professional development that will be enable them to create strong and effective advanced placement programs in their schools.(3) Provide middle grade, junior high, and high school teachers with advanced placement vertical team training and other pre-advanced placement professional development that prepares students for success in advanced placement courses.(4) Support the implementation of an instructional program for students in grades 6 through 12 that provides an integrated set of instructional materials, diagnostic assessments, and teacher professional development in reading, writing, and mathematics that prepares all students for enrollment and success in advanced placement courses and in college.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 350, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-96-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-96 - The College and Career Success for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-96-5 - Duties of the state board of regents.

§ 16-96-5. Duties of the state board of regents.(a) In order to fulfill the purposes of this act, the state board of regents shall encourage school districts to offer rigorous courses in grades 6 through 11 that prepare students for the demands of advanced placement course work. The state board of regents shall also encourage school districts to make it a goal that all 10th graders take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholars Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) so that test results will provide each high school with a database of student assessment data that guidance counselors and teachers will be able to use to identify students who are prepared or who need additional work to be prepared to enroll and be successful in advanced placement courses, using a research-based advanced placement identification program provided by the college board.(b) The state board of regents shall do all of the following:(1) Seek federal funding through the advanced placement incentive program and the Math-Science partnership program and use it to support advanced placement and pre-advanced placement teacher professional development and to support the implementation of an integrated instructional program for students in grades 6 through 12 in reading, writing, and mathematics that prepares all students for enrollment and success in advanced placement courses and in college.(2) Focus state and federal funding with the intent to carry-out activities that target school districts serving high concentrations of low-income students.(3) Subject to appropriation, provide a plan of communication that includes, without limitation, disseminating to parents materials that emphasize the importance of advanced placement or other advanced courses to a student's ability to gain access to, and to succeed in, postsecondary education and materials that emphasize the importance of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholars Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which provides diagnostic feedback on skills and relates students' scores to the probability of success in advanced placement courses and examinations, and disseminating this information to students, teachers, counselors, administrators, school districts, public community colleges, and state universities.(4) Subject to appropriation, annually evaluate the impact of this act on rates of student enrollment and success in advanced placement courses, on high school graduation rates, and on college enrollment retention and completion rates.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 350, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-97-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-1.1 - Purposes of the board of education.

§ 16-97-1.1. Purposes of the board of education.The Rhode Island Board of Education shall be responsible for long-range planning and for coordinating and evaluating policies and programs for the public educational systems of the state. The general assembly finds and declares that the board of education shall have the following purposes:(a) To develop and adopt educational, financial and operational goals for the education systems of the state that represent achievable benchmarks for a ten-year (10) and twenty-year (20) time frame and that can be implemented by the council on elementary and secondary education, the council on postsecondary education, and the commissioners for elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education;(b) To ensure that the education systems of the state are aligned with the projected opportunities in workforce development and economic development and that the education systems are preparing students to participate in the future workforce of Rhode Island;(c) To coordinate programs and courses of study and promote collaboration between and among pre-kindergarten through higher education institutions and agencies, including, but not limited to:(1) Improving career and college readiness;(2) Reducing the need for remedial instruction;(3) Implementing and coordinating common core and other system wide standards;(4) Ensuring a quality system for adult education and certification programs in secondary school and college.(d) To present strategic budget and finance recommendations to the council on elementary and secondary education and council on postsecondary education that are aligned with the long-range goals adopted by the board.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 20, § 9.
RI Gen L § 16-97-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-2 - Repealed.

§ 16-97-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 20, § 10, effective June 19, 2014.
RI Gen L § 16-97-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-3 - Repealed.

§ 16-97-3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 20, § 10, effective June 19, 2014.
RI Gen L § 16-97-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-4 - Change of former names.

§ 16-97-4. Change of former names.Effective January 1, 2013, the term "Rhode Island Board of Education" shall be used in lieu of any then existing law reference made to the board of regents for elementary and secondary education and/or the board of governors for higher education.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 3.
RI Gen L § 16-97-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-5 - Abolishment of boards.

§ 16-97-5. Abolishment of boards.The board of governors for higher education established in chapter 16-59 and the board of regents for elementary and secondary education established in chapter 16-60 shall cease to exist as of January 1, 2013.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 3.
RI Gen L § 16-97-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-6 - Reporting requirements.

§ 16-97-6. Reporting requirements.The board shall submit an annual report to the governor, speaker of the house, senate president, chairs of the house and senate finance committees and their respective fiscal advisors, the chair of the house health, education and welfare committee, and chair of the senate education committee no later than March 1, 2015, and every March 1 thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 4, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 20, § 8; P.L. 2014, ch. 369, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 381, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-97-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-7 - Tuition waivers - Disclosure as a prerequisite to receipt.

§ 16-97-7. Tuition waivers — Disclosure as a prerequisite to receipt.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no employee of the state board of education, or the board of trustees for the university of Rhode Island, his or her spouse, domestic partner or dependent, shall receive a tuition waiver as a result of employment status with the state board of education, or the board of trustees for the university of Rhode Island without first consenting to the public disclosure of the existence and amount of the waiver. This section shall apply to any tuition waivers, including, but not limited to, any such waiver at the community college of Rhode Island, Rhode Island college, and/or the university of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 295, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 380, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 9, § 8.
RI Gen L § 16-97-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-8 - Assessment of student performance.

§ 16-97-8. Assessment of student performance.(a) The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall implement the state assessment program. The program shall include performance standards and an annual report that disaggregates performance by race, poverty, native language, and gender.(b) Prior to the graduating class of 2017, no state assessment conducted pursuant to this chapter, and no other standardized testing program or assessment, shall be used to determine a student's eligibility to graduate from high school. Any such assessments implemented prior to the graduating class of 2017 shall be used to promote school improvement and to target remediation programs to individual students and groups of students.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 336, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 337, § 3.
RI Gen L § 16-97-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act|Section 16-97-10 - Closing the achievement gap.

§ 16-97-10. Closing the achievement gap.The board of education and council on elementary and secondary education shall adopt a state goal of closing the achievement gaps in third-grade reading and third-grade math for all groups and subgroups of student population by fifty percent (50%) by school year 2020 and closure in its entirety by 2025. The board of education shall direct the council on postsecondary education, in conjunction with the Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island, to develop strategies to increase the recruitment of minority teacher-preparation students in an effort to increase diversity in the teaching profession. The board of education, in conjunction with the department of elementary and secondary education and the office of the postsecondary commissioner, shall develop a plan and shall set state goals to close all achievement and opportunity gaps across the PK — 20 public system of education.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 523, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-98-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-98 - Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-98-1 - Short title.

§ 16-98-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Access To Advanced Placement Courses For All Students Act."History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 347, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-98-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-98 - Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-98-2 - Definitions.

§ 16-98-2. Definitions.The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings given to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) "Advanced placement" means a college-level class taught at the high school level that provides students the opportunity to earn college credit upon passage of an exam that:(i) Incorporates all topics specified by the College Board on its standards syllabus for a given subject area; and(ii) Is authorized by the College Board.(2) [Deleted by P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 10, § 4.](3) "College Board " means and refers to the nonprofit organization that develops and administers standardized tests and curricula used by kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) and postsecondary education institutions to promote college readiness.(4) "Department" means the Rhode Island department of elementary and secondary education.(5) "Eligible teacher" means a professional employee who is certified in the subject area of the advanced placement course that he or she will be teaching.(6) "Examination" or "exam" means the test provided by the College Board to measure a student's mastery of the advanced placement subject matter.(7) "Four core academic areas" means advanced placement courses in English, mathematics, science, and social science.(8) "Poverty level" means students whose family income is at or below one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines.(9) "Program" means furtherance of the advanced placement classes in the public schools and includes teacher training and increased student participation.(10) "School district" means any public school district, school unit, area-vocational-technical school, charter school, or mayoral academy that composes a school district; the term also encompasses a single high school or multiple high schools within a school district where applicable.(11) "Teacher training entities" means institutions of higher education, intermediate units or organizations approved/certified by the College Board to train teachers to teach advanced placement courses.(12) "Virtual learning instruction" means providing academic courses to students via the Internet and/or the use of technology in providing instruction to students.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 10, § 4, effective July 6, 2021.