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RI Gen L § 16-3.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-9 - Regional collaborative.

§ 16-3.1-9. Regional collaborative.Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the school committees of the towns and school districts of Westerly, New Shoreham, Chariho regional school district, Narragansett, Jamestown, South Kingstown, North Kingstown, East Greenwich, and the Exeter-West Greenwich regional school district are authorized and empowered to continue and/or initiate cooperative efforts to provide services included but not limited to special education programs and diagnostic services required by law or regulation; to utilize technology without restriction; to provide limited interest curriculum; and to provide programs for the gifted and talented, all on a collaborative basis. The intent of the regional collaborative is to provide the opportunity for all children to receive educational services locally. The various school committees may assign and delegate to their respective school committee chairs or designee or superintendents of schools or designee, acting as a regional board, any duties, responsibilities and powers that the committees may deem necessary for the conduct, administration, and management of the regional collaborative — southern Rhode Island. A bylaw committee shall be named by the commission to study the feasibility of creating a south county regional network center to provide multiple services for students with disabilities. The committee's membership should consist of three (3) special education directors, three (3) superintendents, three (3) parents, and two (2) other interested persons from the participating towns and school districts and any other person that the governing regional board may deem necessary. This regionalized collaborative shall enjoy any regionalized bonus aid wherever applicable to collaboratives or cooperative service areas.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 620, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 420, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 23; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 23; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 28; P.L. 2003, ch. 433, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-9.1 - Regional collaborative - West Bay Rhode Island.

§ 16-3.1-9.1. Regional collaborative — West Bay Rhode Island.Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the school committees of the towns and school districts of West Warwick, Providence, Warwick, Coventry, Cranston, Scituate, Foster-Glocester regional school district, Foster, and Glocester are authorized and empowered to study and/or continue and/or initiate cooperative efforts to provide services included but not limited to special education programs and diagnostic services required by law or regulation; to utilize technology without restriction; to provide limited interest curriculum; and to provide programs for the gifted and talented, all on a collaborative basis in an effort to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness. The intent of the regional collaborative is to provide the opportunity for all children to receive educational services locally. The various school committees may assign and delegate to their respective school committee chairs or designee or superintendents of schools or designee, acting as a regional board any duties, responsibilities and powers that the committees may deem necessary for the conduct, administration and management of the regional collaborative — West Bay Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 306, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 433, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-10 - Regional center collaborative - East Bay Educational Collaborative.

§ 16-3.1-10. Regional center collaborative — East Bay Educational Collaborative.(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the school committees of the cities and towns of Barrington, Bristol, East Providence, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, Tiverton, and Warren are authorized and empowered to continue and/or initiate cooperative efforts to provide educational programs and/or services on a collaborative basis. The various school committees may assign and delegate to their respective school committee chairs or designee or superintendents of schools or designee, acting as a regional board of directors, any duties, responsibilities, and powers that the committees may deem necessary for the conduct, administration, and management of the East Bay Educational Collaborative.(b) Notwithstanding the above enumerated powers, duties and responsibilities referred to above and in chapter 3.1 of this title, the East Bay Educational Collaborative, as a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to the R.I. Nonprofit Corporation Act (RI Gen Laws § 7-6-1, et seq.), shall have the authority to:(1) Purchase, take, receive, lease, take by gift, devise, or bequest, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, use and otherwise deal in and with real estate, including their current site location, to wit, 317 Market Street, Warren, Rhode Island, or such other site as meets the administrative and/or operational needs of the East Bay Educational Collaborative, subject to the approval of five (5) of the eight (8) school committees of the member districts of the collaborative or a majority of the school committees that are members of the collaborative at the time.(2) Sell, convey, mortgage, finance, bond, lend, lease, exchange, transfer, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property and assets, both real or personal, subject to the approval of five (5) of the eight (8) school committees of the member districts of the collaborative or a majority of the school committees that are members of the collaborative at the time.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 433, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 213, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 373, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 501, § 17.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-11 - Urban collaborative.

§ 16-3.1-11. Urban collaborative.Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the school committees of the cities of Providence, Pawtucket, East Providence, Central Falls and other Rhode Island school districts as may be approved for inclusion by existing member districts in accordance with collaborative bylaws are authorized and empowered to continue and/or initiate cooperative efforts to provide alternate education programs and/or diagnostic services required by law or regulation for students achieving limited success in traditional settings and to do all things necessary including, but not limited to utilization of technology, including television, all on a collaborative basis. The various school committees may assign and delegate to their respective school committee chairs or designee or superintendents of schools or designee, acting as a regional board any duties, responsibilities, and powers that the committees may deem necessary for the conduct, administration, and management of the urban collaborative. Beginning on July 1, 2013 the urban collaborative shall be funded pursuant to the provisions of § 16-7.2-3. The state share of the permanent foundation education aid shall be paid directly to the urban collaborative pursuant to the provisions of § 16-7.2-7. The local school district shall transfer the difference between the calculated state share of the permanent foundation education aid and the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of § 16-7.2-7 to the urban collaborative, until the transition of the state share is complete. In addition, the local school district shall pay the local share of education funding to the urban collaborative as outlined in § 16-7.2-5.The urban collaborative shall be eligible to receive other aids, grants, Medicaid revenue, and any other revenue according to Rhode Island law, as though it were a school district. Federal aid received by the state shall be used to benefit students in the urban collaborative, if the school qualifies for the aid, as though it were a school district.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 28, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 194, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 433, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 12, § 9; P.L. 2013, ch. 270, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 352, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-12 - Repealed.

§ 16-3.1-12. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 173, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2001 ch. 86, § 29, effective July 6, 2001.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-13 - Reporting.

§ 16-3.1-13. Reporting.Any collaborative established under this chapter shall implement a uniform system of accounting in compliance with § 16-2-9.3 to track their expenditures and investments and file a report on said expenditures and investments by October 1, of each year, with the Rhode Island board of regents for elementary and secondary education, the office of the auditor general, the Rhode Island senate committee on education and finance, the Rhode Island house of representatives committee on health, education and welfare and finance and local school committees. Each collaborative shall also file periodic reports, to the board of regents, the senate education committee and the house health, education and welfare committee, detailing their activities and programs.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 433, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 149, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 192, § 2.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-14 - Short title.

§ 16-3.1-14. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Cooperative Service Among School Districts Act of 2010."History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-15 - Declaration of purpose.

§ 16-3.1-15. Declaration of purpose.(a) A collaborative approach to the dual mission of educational effectiveness and business efficiency is the purpose of this educational collaborative act. The goal is to maximize both educational effectiveness and business services which will lead to cost savings. The educational collaborative system will allow school districts to more appropriately concentrate on educating at the most local level, which should be their prime mission. This system can be defined as including not only the regional educational collaboratives and their boards, local district school committees and district superintendents, operating as private, nonprofit educational service agencies, but also the board of regents and the commissioner of the Rhode Island department of elementary and secondary education.(b) As used herein, the terms "collaborative," "educational collaborative," "regional collaborative," and combinations thereof, shall be deemed to refer to the collaboratives established pursuant to this chapter, and recognized as 501(c)3 nonprofit corporations incorporated pursuant to the Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act, Rhode Island general laws § 7-6-1, et seq. Nothing in this legislation is intended to erode the legal status of the regional collaboratives as 501(c)3's and their boards of directors must be cognizant to their legal and fiduciary responsibilities to these enterprises.(c) The purpose of this act is also to bring the efforts of the members of the educational collaborative system, listed in subsection (a) above, into appropriate and productive dialogue and relationship with one another, in order to bring about the business efficiencies and quality instructional practice the legislature desires.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-16 - Financial incentives.

§ 16-3.1-16. Financial incentives.The board of regents for elementary and secondary education may provide for special grants that it may deem necessary to stimulate and encourage the development of cooperative service agreements that would be administered by the area educational collaborative. The regents may also establish an ongoing level of subsidy that it deems appropriate to continue the operation of any cooperative service area.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-17 - Rules and regulations.

§ 16-3.1-17. Rules and regulations.(a) The board of regents for elementary and secondary education shall adopt rules and regulations regarding all aspects of the educational collaboratives mission and goals.(b) Instructional education programs and/or administrative and/or best business practice plans will be submitted to, and approved by, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.(c) Each educational collaborative will submit a plan to the board of regents for approval by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, that will increase efficiencies and economies of scale in providing instructional services. The plan will incorporate best practices from business, reflect a regional approach and accompanying volume increase, and shall include, but not be limited to, measures concerning:(1) Teacher training programs and staff development;(2) Special education programs and diagnostic services required by law or regulation and related functions;(3) Programs for the gifted and talented;(4) Programs for students who are at risk of suspension or expulsion;(5) Development of shared instructional services;(6) Act as regional or statewide administrative unit, or enabling unit, or as a participant of a joint purchasing agreement or agreements established pursuant to § 16-2-9.2, for such functions as transportation, cooperative purchasing of food, and other noninstructional support services, such as the purchasing of oil, gas, electricity, health care contracts, supplies, payroll and other business operations, as may be appropriate;(7) Any other consolidation of services and purchasing that achieves efficiencies and cost savings.(d) An educational collaborative may contract with a school district that is not a participating member, or another educational collaborative. Districts may contract any of their functions, individually and collectively, in whole or in part, to a regional collaborative when such contracting will increase efficiencies and economies of scale in providing instructional and business services.(e) The board of regents should consider the progress made or planned as reported and provide for special grants to stimulate the formation of cooperative service arrangements, or a level of subsidy appropriate to launch or continue the operation of any cooperative service area.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-18 - Board of directors.

§ 16-3.1-18. Board of directors.Each educational collaborative's board of directors will set policies and programs consistent with the aims and intents of this legislation for approval by the department of education and developed in conjunction with educational collaborative staff. Each participating school committee will appoint one member to the respective governing board. The board of directors will include an odd number of members. In the case of educational collaboratives with an even number of participating school districts, regional school districts may appoint two (2) members. School committees can appoint anyone they choose to the board of directors from their membership.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-19 - Collective bargaining agreements unaffected.

§ 16-3.1-19. Collective bargaining agreements unaffected.Nothing in this chapter shall allow any school district to abrogate any agreement reached by collective bargaining.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.1-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]|Section 16-3.1-20 - Building ownership.

§ 16-3.1-20. Building ownership.Nothing in this chapter shall limit any of the five (5) educational collaboratives from purchasing, leasing, taking by gift, or otherwise acquiring, own, hold, mortgage, finance, improve, and use real estate for purposes of furthering their mission and goals to meet their administrative and operational needs. An affirmative majority of the educational collaborative's board of directors will be needed to purchase, lease, mortgage or finance real estate. Such real estate may be exempt from local property taxes as described in Rhode Island general laws § 44-3-3.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 16-3.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.2 - School and Family Empowerment Act|Section 16-3.2-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 16-3.2-1. Declaration of policy.As part of the effort to transform education in Rhode Island, the general assembly is committed to developing and supporting strategies that foster cultures of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement in Rhode Island schools. The general assembly believes that all district schools benefit from effective leadership, strong labor/management collaboration, strong community support and engagement, and the autonomy and flexibility to continuously improve instruction and implement and adopt strategies that meet the needs of their students. The general assembly therefore in this act establishes empowerment schools, which shall remain within a public-school district, under the district leadership of the superintendent and school committee, but which shall be managed collaboratively on site by the principal and the faculty, as an additional opportunity for supporting more high-performing and innovative schools within the Rhode Island system of public education. A school that volunteers to be an empowerment school, as defined in this chapter, shall have unprecedented levels of regulatory and statutory flexibility; school-based autonomy, including autonomy over budget; flexibility in school-based instructional policies and professional practices defined through shared leadership; and be uniquely positioned to create compelling learning environments responsive to increased student and parent/family empowerment. Similarly, in this act, the general assembly establishes the affirmative right for students and their parents/families to enroll in an empowerment school that is different than their assigned school based on residence, in order to seek innovative instructional policies and practices that best match their learning needs, so long as the empowerment school has elected, as part of its empowerment plan, to accept students from other schools within the student's district of residence.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 7.
RI Gen L § 16-3.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 16-3.2 - School and Family Empowerment Act|Section 16-3.2-2 - The empowerment school.

§ 16-3.2-2. The empowerment school.(a) The following entities may be designated as an empowerment school: a school in a public-school district, a school within a school in a public-school district, a career and technical education program within a public-school district, a state school.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all statute regulations, and collective bargaining agreement terms and conditions shall apply to empowerment schools.(c) Notwithstanding §§ 16-2-9 and 16-2-11, the principal and professional staff of a empowerment school, acting in concert as a school leadership team, shall make decisions regarding the school's policies and practices, including, but not limited to, curriculum, instructional practices, policies and procedures, calendar and schedule, allocation of resources, staffing, and professional development, consistent with the district collective bargaining agreement and school-based amendments as defined in § 16-3.2-4(f). Leadership teams shall determine methods to document and communicate the latest decisions that emerge through the leadership team process. Noncertified staff, parents, students, and community members may also be members of the school leadership team at the school's discretion. The principal shall have final authority in all instructional, personnel, managerial, and operational matters, except for those matters expressly delegated to the school leadership team through the participatory leadership process, consistent with the district collective bargaining agreement and school-based amendments as defined in § 16-3.2-4(f).(d) Students from the district in which the empowerment school is located shall be funded either pursuant to §§ 16-3.2-7 and 16-7.2-5 or, based on mutual, written agreement between the superintendent and the principal of the empowerment school, in accordance with an alternative agreement with the school district.(e) Teachers and other staff who work in empowerment schools shall maintain their full status as members of their respective bargaining unit and as employees of the district and service in an empowerment school shall not be deemed to be an interruption of service in the school district for purposes of seniority and teachers' retirement.(f) Although existing collective bargaining agreements shall apply to an empowerment school, empowerment schools shall be eligible to amend the existing districtwide collective bargaining agreement through an expedited and timely process, subject to approval of the superintendent, district union membership, and school committee. School-based amendments to the districtwide collective bargaining agreement shall be non-precedent setting for future district bargaining or contract administration. In all instances, final approval or non-approval by all parties of school-based amendments to the districtwide collective bargaining agreement shall be made within ninety (90) days of submission of such request.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 11, § 7.