reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart E - Procedural Safeguards Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children (Repealed) › Discipline Procedures (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.531 - Determination of setting (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart E - Procedural Safeguards Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children (Repealed) › Discipline Procedures (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.532 - Appeal (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart E - Procedural Safeguards Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children (Repealed) › Discipline Procedures (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.533 - Placement during appeals (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart E - Procedural Safeguards Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children (Repealed) › Discipline Procedures (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.534 - Protections for children not determined eligible for special education and related services (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart E - Procedural Safeguards Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children (Repealed) › Discipline Procedures (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.535 - Referral to and action by law enforcement and judicial authorities (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart E - Procedural Safeguards Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children (Repealed) › Discipline Procedures (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.536 - Change of placement because of disciplinary removals (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart E - Procedural Safeguards Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children (Repealed) › Discipline Procedures (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.537-300.599 - Reserved (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.600 - State Monitoring and enforcement (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.601 - Monitoring activities (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.602-300.609 - Reserved (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.610 - Reserved (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.611 - Definitions (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.612 - Notice to Parents (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.613 - Access rights (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.614 - Record of access (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.615 - Records on more than one child (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.616 - List of types and locations of information (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.617 - Fees (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.618 - Amendment of records at parent's request (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.619 - Opportunity for a hearing (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.620 - Result of hearing (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.621 - Hearing procedures (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.622 - Consent (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.623 - Safeguards (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.624 - Destruction of information (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.625-300.645 - Reserved (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart F - Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (Repealed) › Confidentiality of Information (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.646 - Disproportionality (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart G - Repealed › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.700 - Reserved (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart H - Repealed › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.800 - Reserved (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart I - Rhode Island Specific Regulations (Repealed) › Advisory Committees (Repealed) › Local Advisory Committee on Special Education (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.900 - Local advisory committee on special education (LAC) (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart I - Rhode Island Specific Regulations (Repealed) › Regional Transition Services Advisory Committee (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.901 - Regional transition services advisory committee (TAC) (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart I - Rhode Island Specific Regulations (Repealed) › Transportation (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.902 - Transportation services for children with disabilities (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 1 - Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilities (Repealed) › PART 300 - Repealed › Subpart I - Rhode Island Specific Regulations (Repealed) › Non-Public and State Operated School Programs (Repealed) › Section 200-RICR-20-30-300.903 - Non-public and State operated school programs (Repealed)

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.1 - Authority, Scope, Purpose and Construction

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Authority.
1. These regulations are promulgated by the
				  Rhode Island Council on Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §
											16-60-4 and R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 16-97.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.3 - Procedures and Training

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Procedures.
				  Public education programs shall develop written procedures regarding
				  appropriate responses to student behavior that may require the use of physical
				  restraint/crisis intervention. Such procedures shall be annually reviewed and
				  provided to school staff and made available to parents of enrolled students.
				  Such procedures shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Methods for preventing student violence,
				  self-injurious behavior, and suicide, including de-escalation of potentially
				  dangerous behavior occurring among groups of students or with an individual
				  student;
2. A school policy
				  regarding intervention that provides a description and explanation of the
				  school's or program's method of physical restraint/crisis intervention, a
				  description of the school's or program's training requirements, monitoring and
				  reporting requirements, internal review and follow-up procedures, and a
				  procedure for receiving and investigating complaints regarding restraint
				  practices.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.4 - Determining When Physical Restraint/Crisis Intervention May Be Used

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Use of Restraint/Intervention. Physical
				  restraint/crisis intervention may be used only in the following circumstances:
1. Non-physical interventions would not be
				  effective; and
2. The student's
				  behavior poses a threat of imminent, serious, physical harm to self and/or
				  others; and
3. If a behavioral
				  intervention plan has been developed for the student, those various positive
				  reinforcement techniques have been implemented appropriately and the child has
				  failed to respond to those reinforcement techniques.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.5 - Limitations and Prohibitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Limitations on
				  the Use of Restraints. Physical restraint/crisis intervention in a public
				  education program shall be limited to the use of such reasonable force as
				  necessary to protect a student or another member of the school community from
				  assault or imminent, serious, physical harm.
B. Prohibitions. Physical restraint/crisis
				  intervention are prohibited in the following circumstances:
1. As a means of punishment;
2. As an intervention designed to, or likely
				  to cause physical pain;
3. As in
				  any intervention which denies adequate sleep, food, water, shelter, bedding or
				  access to bathroom facilities;
4.
				  As in any intervention which is designed to subject, used to subject, or likely
				  to subject the individual to verbal abuse, ridicule or humiliation, physical
				  pain, or which can be expected to cause excessive emotional trauma;
5. As in a restrictive intervention which
				  employs a device or material or objects that simultaneously immobilize all four
				  extremities, including the procedure known as prone containment, except that
				  prone containment may be used by trained personnel as a limited emergency
				  intervention when a documented part of a previously agreed upon written
				  behavioral intervention plan;
6. As
				  in seclusion, unless under constant surveillance and observation when
				  documented as part of a previously agreed upon written behavioral intervention
				  plan;
7. As in any intervention
				  that precludes adequate supervision of the child;
8. Any intervention which deprives the
				  individual of one or more of his or her senses
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.6 - Proper Administration of Physical Restraint/Crisis Intervention

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Trained Personnel. Only personnel who have
				  had training pursuant to §
										2.3   of this Part may
				  administer physical restraint/crisis intervention with students. Whenever
				  possible, the administration of a physical restraint/crisis intervention shall
				  be witnessed by at least one adult who does not participate in the restraint.
				  The training requirement contained in §
										2.3   of this Part shall not
				  preclude a teacher, employee or agent of a public education program from using
				  reasonable force to protect students, other persons, or themselves from
				  imminent, serious physical harm.
B.
				  Use of Force. A person administering a physical restraint/crisis intervention
				  shall use only the amount of force necessary to protect the student or others
				  from physical injury or harm and shall discontinue the physical
				  restraint/crisis intervention as soon as possible.
C. Safety Requirements. Additional
				  requirements for the use of physical restraint/crisis intervention are:
1. No restraint shall be administered in such
				  a way that the student is prevented from breathing or speaking. During the
				  administration of a restraint, a staff member shall continuously monitor the
				  physical status of the student, including skin color and respiration. A
				  restraint shall be released immediately upon a determination by the staff
				  member administering the restraint that the student is no longer at risk of
				  causing imminent physical harm to him or herself or others.
2. Restraint shall be administered in such a
				  way so as to prevent or minimize physical harm. Prone restraint shall not be
				  used. If, at any time during a physical restraint/crisis intervention, the
				  student demonstrates significant physical distress, the student shall be
				  released from the restraint immediately, and school staff shall take steps to
				  seek medical assistance.
3. Program
				  staff shall review and consider any known medical or psychological limitations
				  and/or behavioral intervention plans regarding the use of physical
				  restraint/crisis intervention on an individual student.
4. Following the release of a student from a
				  restraint, the Public Education Program shall implement follow-up procedures.
				  These procedures shall include reviewing the incident with the student, as
				  appropriate, to address the behavior that precipitated the restraint, reviewing
				  the incident with the staff person(s) who administered the restraint to discuss
				  whether proper restraint procedures were followed, and consideration of whether
				  any follow-up is appropriate for students who witnessed the incident.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.7 - Reporting Requirements

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Informing School
				  Administration. The staff member who administered the physical restraint/crisis
				  intervention shall inform the administration of any public education program of
				  the use of a physical restraint/crisis intervention as soon as possible, and by
				  a written report not later than the next working day. The administration shall
				  maintain an ongoing written record of all reported instances of physical
				  restraint/crisis intervention.
B.
				  Informing Parents. The school administration shall have procedures to inform
				  the student's parent(s) or guardian(s) of the use of a restraint as soon as
				  possible, and not later than two (2) school days after each incident. Written
				  documentation of this notification shall be maintained by the public education
				  program.
C. Contents of Report. The
				  written report required by §
										2.7(A)   of
				  this Part shall include:
1. The names and job
				  titles of the staff who administered the restraint, and observers, if any, the
				  date of the restraint, the time the restraint began and ended, and the name of
				  the administrator who was verbally informed following the restraint;
2. A description of the activity in which the
				  restrained student and other students and staff in the same room or vicinity
				  were engaged immediately preceding the use of physical restraint/crisis
				  intervention, the behavior that prompted the restraint, the efforts made to
				  deescalate the situation, alternatives to restraint that were attempted, and
				  the justification for initiating physical restraint/crisis
				  intervention;
3. A description of
				  the administration of the restraint including the holds used and reasons such
				  holds were necessary, the student's behavior and reactions during the
				  restraint, how the restraint ended, and documentation of injury to the student
				  and/or staff, if any, during the restraint and any medical care
				  provided;
4. Information regarding
				  any further action(s) that the school has taken or may take, including any
				  disciplinary sanctions that may be imposed on the student, and a behavioral
				  intervention plan was developed or modified as a result of the
				  restraint;
5. Information regarding
				  opportunities for the student' parents or guardians to discuss with school
				  officials the administration of the restraint, any disciplinary sanctions that
				  may be imposed on the student and/or any other related matter.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.8 - Emergency Situations

Current through June 14, 2024
These regulations shall not create a barrier to maintaining
					 a safe school environment. While these regulations govern the use of physical
					 restraint/crisis interventions, they do not limit the ability of school
					 personnel or their agents from using reasonable force to protect students,
					 other persons or themselves from imminent, serious physical harm.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.9 - Behavioral Intervention Plans

Current through June 14, 2024
Once the use of physical restraint/crisis intervention has
					 been employed on a student, school personnel shall determine if the student
					 requires a behavioral intervention plan as part of the student's education
					 program, and if one already exists, whether that plan needs to be modified or
					 adjusted.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 2 - Physical Restraint Regulations › Section 200-RICR-20-30-2.10 - Continuum of Behavioral Interventions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. It is important
				  to note that strategies and interventions may be positive or negative based on
				  the response of the child.
B.
				  Proactive Planning Strategies:
1. Room
				  Arrangement
2. Appropriate and
				  Motivating Curriculum
3. High Rates
				  of Positive Responses from Teachers
4. Structured Daily Schedules
5. Staff Training - including but not limited
				  to:
a. Factual information regarding numbers,
				  frequency, duration, antecedents
b.
				  Behavior Disorders - Understanding behavior
c. functional assessment
d. behavioral plans
e. behavioral contracting
f. Emotional Disorders - DSM IV
g. Legal Issues
h. Discipline Codes
i. Zero Tolerance
j. Conflict Management
k. Peer Mediation
l. Crisis Intervention
(1) comfort zone
(2) verbal & non-verbal
				  communication
(3)
				  fight/flight/fright
(4) Restraint
				  Training
(5) Token
				  Economy
(6) Avoid Power/Control
				  Issues
(7) Medications, Logs, Side
				  Effects, Communication
(8) Surface
				  Management
(9) Reality
				  Therapy
6.
				  Environmental Engineering
7.
				  Instructional Pacing
8. Home
				  Notes
9. Precision
				  Commands
10. Data
				  Collection
11. Parent
				  Conference
12. Special
				  Equipment
13. Supervision
14. Rule Out Physiological/Medical
				  Factors
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.1 - Introduction and Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
A. These
				  regulations implement R.I. Gen. Laws §
										16-54-1, et
				  seq. and are intended to support compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights
				  Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §
											2000d  et seq.) and the Equal
				  Education Opportunities Act of 1974 (See:
				   20 U.S.C. §
											1703(f)). More particularly,
				  these regulations are intended to:
1. Ensure
				  that English Language Learners ("ELLs") attain a level of proficiency in
				  English and content knowledge that will permit them to
a. Succeed in their school's
				  general-education program,
b. Meet
				  state graduation-by-proficiency requirements,
c. Be prepared for post-secondary education
				  and work, and
d. Become an
				  essential asset to Rhode Island's economic and social well-being.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purposes of these regulations, the
				  following terms have the following meanings:
1. Parents and Students
a. "English language learner" means a
				  student:
(1) whose first language is not
				  English or who speaks a variety of English, as used in a foreign country or
				  U.S. possession, that is so distinct that ELL instruction is
				  necessary,
(2) who is now learning
				  English, but
(3) who has not yet
				  attained enough proficiency in English to allow him or her to fully profit from
				  content area instruction conducted only in English.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.3 - Language Identification

Current through June 14, 2024
A. LEAs shall
				  determine the home/native language(s) of all public-school children when these
				  children are registered in the LEA. This determination shall be made through
				  the Home Language Survey developed by RIDE.
B. The Home Language Survey shall not be used
				  to deny any student the right to participate in, or benefit from, any program
				  or service.
C. Data from the Home
				  Language Survey shall be filed in the student's permanent record.
D. If the Home Language Survey indicates that
				  a student's home/native language is not English, a background interview with
				  the student, and with his or her parents, shall take place. Before this
				  interview takes place, the parents shall be informed in writing, in a language
				  they understand, about the procedures used in the identification, assessment,
				  and placement of ELL students. Based on the findings of this interview, the
				  student shall be referred for a timely screening assessment. The LEA shall make
				  a tentative educational assignment and provide the teacher with relevant
				  information about the student pending the results of the ELP screening
				  assessment. The LEA shall use the appropriate data from the student's previous
				  schools, when available, to make this tentative assignment.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.4 - Initial Assessment for Program Placement

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The
				  WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test or screener shall be used to measure the student's
				  ability to understand, speak, and read English at a level appropriate to the
				  student's age and grade placement. Tests and screeners must be administered by
				  qualified assessors. For purposes of these regulations, the following levels of
				  English proficiency shall be recognized:
1.
				  Entering
2. Beginning
3. Developing
4. Expanding
5. Bridging
6. Reaching
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.6 - Student Placement Standards

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Whenever an
				  identified English Language Learner is placed in an ELL instructional program,
				  the ELL Administrator and/or the Coordinator shall review all the student's
				  identification and assessment data. This data shall include:
1. the student's English-proficiency
				  level;
2. the student's literacy
				  level in her or his native language or languages;
3. number of years the student has attended
				  school;
4. continuity of the
				  student's schooling;
5. student
				  retention-information; and
6.
				  information on whether the student is receiving special education, whether the
				  student may be in need of special education, or whether the student has a
				  disability that affects his or her academic performance or limits his or her
				  access to school facilities.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.7 - Time Requirements

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Entering and
				  beginning level English Language Learners must receive a minimum of three (3)
				  periods (or the equivalent) of ESL instruction a day.
B. Developing English Language Learners must
				  receive a minimum of two (2) periods (or the equivalent) of ESL instruction a
				  day.
C. Expanding and Bridging
				  English Language Learners must receive a minimum of one (1) period (or the
				  equivalent) of ESL instruction a day.
D. This ELL instruction must:
1. Develop the English Language Learner's
				  ability to understand, speak, read, and write academic English,
2. Be aligned with WIDA standards,
				  and
3. Incorporate content
				  knowledge and concepts aligned to Common Core State Standards (July, 2010).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.8 - Class Size

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Class size shall
				  be kept at a student-to-teacher ratio that permits effective instruction as
				  defined in §
										3.5   of this Part. It is the
				  responsibility of the LEA to assess the needs of English language learners,
				  assign personnel in accordance with those needs, and evaluate the delivery of
				  services to determine whether the LEA's program conforms to the requirements of
				  this Part.
B. Every LEA shall
				  provide RIDE with its policy to determine the number and types of personnel
				  required under this section, and a description of the public process the agency
				  used to develop its policy. Every LEA shall report annually to RIDE the LEA's
				  plan, pursuant to said policy, to comply with this regulation, including the
				  number of full-time equivalent positions of staff it uses to meet the needs of
				  English language learners.
C. The
				  Commissioner may establish a class size maximum and/or staffing ratios for any
				  group(s) of personnel, class, school, or LEA, if the Commissioner determines
				  that:
1. The plan submitted by the LEA is
				  insufficient to fulfill the requirements of this section, or
2. The LEA has failed to comply with the
				  terms of the plan submitted by the LEA; or
3. Student performance within or throughout
				  the LEA warrants intervention as dictated by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											16-7.1-5.
4. Any decision made under this section by
				  the Commissioner may be appealed under R.I. Gen. Laws §
											16-39-3.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.9 - Coordination with other requirements

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All programs in
				  LEAs receiving Title III, (Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 1965) funds
				  are expected to meet the state's Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
				  ("AMAO") as required by Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act, (Elementary
				  and Secondary Education Act, 1965, as amended, 2001). After LEA's receive
				  notification of their AMAO status, those LEAs that have failed to meet their
				  AMAOs must prepare a revised improvement plan and inform parents of the LEA's
				  status within thirty (30) days.
B.
				  The English-language skills of all English Language Learners shall be assessed
				  annually through ACCESS, the state's English-language proficiency assessment,
				  approved by RIDE. Assessment shall continue until the student is formally
				  exited from the English Language Instructional Program and, at the LEA's
				  discretion, for an additional two (2) years during the monitoring
				  period.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.10 - Program Models and Components

Current through June 14, 2024
A. LEAs may choose
				  one (1) or more of the following models, or components from these models, as
				  defined in §
										3.2   of this Part, to provide
				  the most appropriate program for each English Language Learner:
1. English as a Second Language
2. Sheltered Content Instruction
3. Collaborative ESL & General
				  Education
4. Bilingual
				  Education
5. Two-Way/Dual
				  Language
6. Newcomer
				  Program
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.11 - Personnel - Administrators

Current through June 14, 2024
A. An LEA with an
				  English Language Learner program shall designate an administrator to be
				  responsible for this program. An administrator in a low-incidence LEA who does
				  not have an English as a Second Language teaching certificate or an English as
				  a Second Language endorsement must appoint an ELL Coordinator, who must have at
				  least one of these credentials. High-incidence LEAs must appoint a full-time
				  ELL Administrator whose primary responsibility is the development and
				  management of the LEA's ELL program. Low-incidence LEAs that utilize an ELL
				  Administrator on a less than full-time basis must also appoint an ELL
				  Coordinator. When LEAs enter into a Cooperative Service Agreement under R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §
										16-3.1-1 to provide ELL services, the agreement should be formulated with input from
				  RIDE to ensure that ELLs receive quality services. The Commissioner shall
				  determine through the Cooperative Service Agreement approval process whether
				  the Agreement is so comprehensive that appointment of an ELL Administrator is
				  required.
B. LEAs shall employ a
				  sufficient number of ELL teachers to ensure that ELL students receive the
				  instruction and the support required by these regulations.
C. All high-incidence LEAs shall have at
				  least one School/Community Liaison to effectively support the LEA's ELL
				  program. This liaison shall familiarize all English Language Learners and their
				  families with their new community and assist families to participate in family
				  engagement activities. The liaison shall also help ensure that English Language
				  Learners receive those programs and services that are required by these
				  regulations. Low-incidence LEAs will ensure regular pertinent communication
				  with their ELL families and encourage these families to participate in the
				  LEA's family engagement activities.
D. LEAs shall provide on-going professional
				  development for those teacher assistants who work with English Language
				  Learners.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.12 - Professional Development

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All LEAs with
				  ELL programs must provide sustained, high quality job-embedded professional
				  development for administrators, coordinators, instructional coaches, school and
				  community liaisons, guidance counselors, all teachers and other personnel who
				  work with English Language Learners. The following topics, along with other
				  topics the LEA deems to be appropriate, shall be addressed on a quarterly
				  basis:
1. Research-based instructional methods
				  and assessment practices for ELLs and ELLs with disabilities
2. Second-language acquisition
3. Culturally Responsive Education
				  Practices.
4. Family and Community
				  involvement strategies
5. Language
				  minority issues in education
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.13 - Reporting Student Progress

Current through June 14, 2024
The same policy for reporting a student's progress in the
					 general-education program shall be used in reporting a student's progress in
					 the ELL program. Progress reports shall be in English and in the home/native
					 language of the student and shall include an explanation of the school's
					 grading system in the home/native language of the parents unless it can be
					 demonstrated to RIDE that this requirement would place an unreasonable burden
					 on the LEA.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.14 - Annual Assessment of Student Progress

Current through June 14, 2024
All English Language Learners shall be evaluated at least
					 once a year through the state's English-language proficiency test, ACCESS for
					 English Language Learners. When a student fails to progress appropriately
					 within the ELL program, other assessment procedures shall be used to determine
					 the reason for the lack of progress. Appropriate instructional interventions
					 shall be provided. An English Language Learner shall not be retained solely on
					 the basis of his or her English-language proficiency status. ELL students shall
					 participate in the State Assessment Program in accordance with state assessment
					 policies, and their progress shall be reported as required by R.I. Gen. Laws
					 §
										16-7.1-13.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.15 - Participation in General Education

Current through June 14, 2024
An English Language Learner shall be eligible to
					 participate without ESL support in any content area when there is documented
					 evidence of the student's ability in English to be successful. Parents must be
					 informed of any change in the English Language Learner's program or service.
					 Written notification concerning any significant change in a student's program
					 or services must be sent to the parent with a simple description of the
					 rationale for the program or service change and must include information about
					 the student's new program or service. A record of this notification shall be
					 maintained by the LEA in the student's permanent record. Notification to
					 parents shall be in English and the home/native language of the parents, unless
					 it can be demonstrated to RIDE that this requirement would place an
					 unreasonable burden on the LEA.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 30 - Student Supports › Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners › Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.16 - Exit

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A student shall be eligible to exit from
				  an ELL program when she or he has met all state-defined required exit criteria
				  as described in the English Language Instructional Program Exit Criteria
				  document.
B. Written notification
				  of the proposed exit decision must be sent to the parent along with a
				  description of the rationale for exit and a description of the student's new
				  program. Notification shall be in English and in the home/native language of
				  the parent, unless it can be demonstrated to RIDE that this requirement would
				  place an unreasonable burden on the LEA. A record of this notification shall be
				  maintained by the LEA in the student's permanent record.
C. Parents shall be informed of their right
				  to appeal the LEA's decision to exit their child from the school's English
				  Language Learner program in accordance with §
										3.23   of this Part.