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RI Gen L § 16-59-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-9.1 - Incentive fund for excellence - Challenge fund for management and administration improvement - Carry-forward provision.

§ 16-59-9.1. Incentive fund for excellence — Challenge fund for management and administration improvement — Carry-forward provision.(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums as may be necessary to create and maintain an "incentive fund for excellence", which shall be used by the board of governors to fund program initiatives to improve the quality of the undergraduate education offered by the institutions of public higher education.(b) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums as may be necessary to create and maintain a "challenge fund for management and administration improvement" to be administered by the board of governors. The board shall award grants to the institutions of public higher education on a competitive basis upon presentation of proposals designed to effect projected administrative savings of an amount equal to or more than the amount of the grant requested.(c) Any amounts remaining at the end of any fiscal year in the funds established under subsection (a) or (b), or any amounts allocated to the institutions under these sections, may be carried forward to the next fiscal year.(d) The board of governors shall annually report to the general assembly concerning the amounts and specific purposes and the effectiveness of all allocations made from the funds established in subsections (a) and (b).History of Section.P.L. 1987 ch. 596, § 4.
RI Gen L § 16-59-9.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-9.2 - Military tuition waiver.

§ 16-59-9.2. Military tuition waiver.Notwithstanding any other provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, an applicant who is a member of the armed forces or reserves of the United States and is currently stationed in Rhode Island shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public universities, colleges or community colleges. The council on postsecondary education shall prescribe rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 411, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-59-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-10 - Existing academic privileges preserved.

§ 16-59-10. Existing academic privileges preserved.No provision of this chapter shall be construed to impair academic freedom or academic governance at any institution under the jurisdiction of the board of governors, nor to divest any faculty member of the institution of tenure, retirement or other right or benefit to which the member may now be entitled.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3.
RI Gen L § 16-59-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-11 - Investigative powers of board.

§ 16-59-11. Investigative powers of board.The council on postsecondary education shall have power to investigate all transactions and matters relating to higher public education in the state, including those required pursuant to an interstate, distance-learning reciprocity agreement, and to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and to require testimony and the production of records in like manner and to the same extent as a court of law.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3; P.L. 2015, ch. 207, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 231, § 2.
RI Gen L § 16-59-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-12 - Exemption from provisions of Administrative Procedures Act.

§ 16-59-12. Exemption from provisions of Administrative Procedures Act.The provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42, shall not apply to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3.
RI Gen L § 16-59-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-13 - Definitions.

§ 16-59-13. Definitions.Where in this chapter the phrase "public colleges" or "public institutions of higher learning" or "public tax supported institutions of higher learning" or words of similar import are used they shall be taken to mean Rhode Island college, and the community college of Rhode Island, or any other of these public colleges, public institutions of higher learning, or public tax supported institutions of higher learning other than the university of Rhode Island, which may be created, individually or collectively, as appropriate.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 9, § 6.
RI Gen L § 16-59-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-14 - Pertinence of certain law relating to state colleges to board of governors.

§ 16-59-14. Pertinence of certain law relating to state colleges to board of governors.The provisions of repealed §§ 16-31-8, 16-31-9, 16-31-10, 16-31-11, and 16-31-13 previously pertinent to the board of trustees of state colleges and made applicable to the board of governors for education are made applicable to the board of governors for higher education; provided, that § 16-59-23 shall not apply to members of the general assembly in their capacity as members of the board of governors.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 12; P.L. 1993, ch. 422, § 4; P.L. 1994, ch. 14, § 4.
RI Gen L § 16-59-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-15 - Liberal construction of chapter required.

§ 16-59-15. Liberal construction of chapter required.This chapter shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purposes.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3.
RI Gen L § 16-59-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-16 - Meaning of terms in existing law.

§ 16-59-16. Meaning of terms in existing law.Whenin any law, resolution, document, record, instrument, proceeding, or other place the words "board of trustees of state colleges" or "boards of regents for education" as they shall apply to higher education shall appear, they shall be construed to mean "board of governors for higher education".History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3.
RI Gen L § 16-59-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-17 - Severability.

§ 16-59-17. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by this invalidity. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3.
RI Gen L § 16-59-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-18 - Receipts from sources other than appropriations.

§ 16-59-18. Receipts from sources other than appropriations.(a) All receipts from all sources other than state appropriations shall not be covered into the general fund of the state, but shall be kept by the general treasurer of the state in a separate fund for the council on postsecondary education, and shall be paid out by the treasurer upon the order of the council, without the necessity of appropriation or re-appropriation by the general assembly.(b) The council on postsecondary education shall ensure that state colleges have a structure in place to prohibit these colleges from accepting funds that would interfere with or restrict academic freedom at the state colleges. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed in a way as to prohibit a donor from earmarking funds for a particular purpose or use including but not limited to research, scholarships, construction, or development.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 122; P.L. 1999, ch. 235, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 9, § 6.
RI Gen L § 16-59-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-19 - Fiscal accounts - Receipts - Petty cash funds.

§ 16-59-19. Fiscal accounts — Receipts — Petty cash funds.The treasurer of Rhode Island college to be appointed by the council on postsecondary education, shall keep an accurate account of his or her receipts and expenditures which shall be audited by the state controller in accordance with law. The treasurer of each college shall turn over to the general treasurer at monthly intervals all sums of money received by him or her during the preceding month which shall be credited to the proper accounts and funds by the general treasurer. The state controller shall establish an imprest fund or petty cash fund for the use of the treasurer of each of the colleges for expenditures of any nature as may be approved by the state controller.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 122; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 9, § 6.
RI Gen L § 16-59-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-20 - Audit of expenditures.

§ 16-59-20. Audit of expenditures.The pre-audit of all expenditures under authority of the board by the state controller provided for in § 35-6-1 shall be purely ministerial, concerned only with the legality of the expenditure and the availability of the funds, and in no event shall the state controller interpose his or her judgment regarding the wisdom or expediency of any item or items of expenditure.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 122.
RI Gen L § 16-59-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-21 - Freedom from budget and lease control by other agencies.

§ 16-59-21. Freedom from budget and lease control by other agencies.In order that the board of governors for higher education may control the personnel and equipment of the state colleges in the interest of educational efficiency, the board and the colleges are excepted from the provisions of subsection (a)(5) of § 35-3-1 relating to the employment of personnel, and from that part of § 42-20-8 which relates to the director of administration.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 122.
RI Gen L § 16-59-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-22 - Applicability of merit system - Teacher certification - List of positions transferable to classified service.

§ 16-59-22. Applicability of merit system — Teacher certification — List of positions transferable to classified service.(a) The appointment, promotion, salaries, tenure, and dismissal of administrative, instructional, and research employees, and secretarial employees not exceeding ten (10) in number, and armed college police officers of the state colleges shall not be subject in any manner or degree to control by the personnel administrator or by any officer or board other than the council on postsecondary education.(b) All positions that are exempt from the merit system law, chapter 4 of title 36, which become vacant or that are to be established, must be forwarded to the personnel administrator, who, in consultation with the deputy assistant commissioner of education in charge of personnel and labor relations, shall determine whether the position(s) in question shall remain in the council on postsecondary education non-classified service or be established in the classified service of the state.(c) No position presently in the classified service of the state subject to the merit system law, chapter 4 of title 36, shall be changed or modified so as to establish the position in the council on postsecondary education non-classified service.(d) Faculty positions, presidents, vice presidents, deans, assistant deans, and student employees of the higher-education institutions shall not be covered by the preceding provisions and shall remain in the council on postsecondary education non-classified service.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 122; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 20, § 5; P.L. 2016, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 405, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 9, § 6.
RI Gen L § 16-59-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-23 - Conflicts of interest.

§ 16-59-23. Conflicts of interest.No member of the board of governors for higher education shall be employed in any position under the jurisdiction of the board, nor contract in any manner for any purpose with the board; nor shall the board purchase, sell, or lease any land, property, or supplies from or to any firm or business association of which any member of the board is owner, part owner, or officer or director. No person related by consanguinity or affinity in the first degree to any member of the board shall be employed in any capacity under the board's jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 122.
RI Gen L § 16-59-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-24 - Accessibility for people with disabilities.

§ 16-59-24. Accessibility for people with disabilities.(a) The board of governors shall develop a policy, commitments, and procedures for students with disabilities setting forth the steps necessary to ensure that all public colleges, as defined in § 16-59-13, are accessible to persons with disabilities.(b) The plan shall be substantially identical to the plan adopted by Rhode Island College and shall consider all persons' with disabilities needs and shall adopt reasonable accommodations necessary to achieve equal participation in educational opportunities.(c) The state building code standards committee shall adopt an accessibility for people with disabilities standard for public colleges that includes provisions ensuring that public colleges are accessible to and usable by all persons with disabilities.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 236, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 36; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 36.
RI Gen L § 16-59-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-25 - Voter registration forms.

§ 16-59-25. Voter registration forms.The admissions offices of all state institutions of higher learning shall include in the admissions information provided to state residents forms for voter registration as described in § 17-9.1-9 to be provided by the state board of elections.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 338, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-59-25.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-25.1 - Maintenance of voter registration files.

§ 16-59-25.1. Maintenance of voter registration files.(a) In order to better maintain voter registration files, all institutions of higher education shall, on or before August 15th of each year, electronically transmit a text file or database to the secretary of state containing the names and current addresses of those students who have graduated that year and for whom public directory information is available. Within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of the file or database, the secretary of state may send a letter to each such student requesting verification as to whether such student intends to continue to reside in the State of Rhode Island.(b) The letter shall:(1) Request the student, if he or she has moved to a new address within Rhode Island, to complete a form, enclosed with the letter, allowing him or her to provide a new address for re-registration purposes;(2) Request the student, if he or she has moved to a new address outside of Rhode Island, to so advise the secretary of state on a form enclosed with the letter, authorizing his or her removal from the voter registration list;(3) Remind the student to re-register at a new address if he or she subsequently moves from their current address; and(4) Make clear that the request for information is strictly voluntary, that the student has no obligation to respond to the letter, and that no student shall be removed from the voter registration list unless such student responds to the mailing and authorizes his or her removal from the voter registration list.(c) Mailings conducted pursuant to this section shall not seek address correction from the postal service. In the event that a letter is nonetheless returned as undeliverable to the address where the letter was sent, it shall not serve as a basis for initiating the confirmation process established in § 17-9.1-26.(d) The form letter used by the secretary of state to implement this provision shall be adopted in accordance with the rule-making provisions of chapter 35 of title 42 (The "Administrative Procedures Act").History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 273, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 302, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-59-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-27 - Sale and purchase of degrees solely on the basis of life experience prohibited.

§ 16-59-27. Sale and purchase of degrees solely on the basis of life experience prohibited.(a) The purchase and sale of academic degrees wherein the degree is obtained on the basis of a combination of a payment of a fee and the attainment of academic credit for so-called life experiences, without the applicant undertaking any academic coursework at the entity or institution purporting to issue the degree, shall be prohibited. Provided, this section shall not prohibit an award of academic credit for work experience or other so-called "life experience" as part of a program to obtain a degree in higher education, but shall prohibit the award of such degree solely on the basis of such experience.(b) Pursuant to its investigative powers under § 16-59-11, the board of governors shall investigate persons and entities brought to the board's attention that purport to offer academic degrees in violation of this section. By way of direction, and as a guide in enforcing this section, the general assembly notes that higher education can take many forms, and it is not the intent of this section to curtail or limit academic freedom and/or the use of alternative methods of instruction that deviate from traditional norms. Rather, the intent of this section is to prohibit the awarding and attainment of academic degrees primarily on the basis of purchase and sale, and to prevent the fraudulent use of life and work experience to attain academic credit.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 405, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-59-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-59 - Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-59-28 - [Repealed.]

§ 16-59-28. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 202, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 203, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 63, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 75, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 9, § 7, effective February 1, 2020.
RI Gen L § 16-60-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-60 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-60-1 - Council on elementary and secondary education established.

§ 16-60-1. Council on elementary and secondary education established.(a) There is created a council on elementary and secondary education which shall be and is constituted a public corporation, empowered to sue and be sued in its own name, to have a corporate seal, and to exercise all the powers, in addition to those specifically enumerated in this chapter, usually appertaining to public corporations entrusted with control of elementary and secondary education institutions and functions. The council on elementary and secondary education shall be protected from sudden changes in membership and reversal of policy by having staggered terms for its public members.(b) Upon its organization the council on elementary and secondary education shall be invested with the legal title (in trust for the state) to all property, real and personal, now owned by and/or under the control or in the custody of the board of regents for education for the use of the department of elementary and secondary education. The council on elementary and secondary education is made successor to all powers, rights, duties, and privileges pertaining to elementary and secondary education.(c) The council on elementary and secondary education is made successor to all powers, rights, duties, and privileges formerly belonging to the board of regents for elementary and secondary education, unless otherwise specified in law.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3; P.L. 1981, ch. 291, art. 13, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 48, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 124, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 21, § 18; P.L. 2006, ch. 8, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 28, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 291, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 341, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 20, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-60-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-60 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-60-3 - Removal of public members of board.

§ 16-60-3. Removal of public members of board.Public members of the board of regents shall be removable by the governor for cause only, and removal solely for partisan or personal reasons unrelated to capacity or fitness for the office shall be unlawful. No removal shall be made for any cause except after ten (10) days' notice in writing of specific charges, with opportunity for the member to be present in person and with counsel at a public hearing before the governor, to introduce witnesses and documentary evidence in the member's own defense, and to confront and cross-examine adversary witnesses; and appeal shall lie to the superior court from the governor's determination.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3.