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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS | |
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Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard | |
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Date Introduced: February 28, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Education | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 16-2-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-2 entitled "School |
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Committees and Superintendents" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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16-2-2. City and town schools required -- School year -- Location -- Kindergartens. - |
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- (a) Except as specifically provided in this section, every city or town shall establish and |
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maintain for at least one hundred eighty (180) days annually or the equivalent thereof, exclusive |
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of holidays a sufficient number of schools in convenient places under the control and |
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management of the school committee and under the supervision of the board of regents for |
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elementary and secondary education. In lieu of convenient location the school committee may |
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provide transportation for pupils to and from school in accordance with the provisions of chapter |
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21 of this title. Provided, that a school district may establish a school year which is the equivalent |
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of one hundred eighty (180) days through the use of longer school days in terms of hours, and |
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which may total less than one hundred eighty (180) separate days, so long as through the use of |
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the longer school day, the school district annually provides a minimum of one thousand eighty |
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(1080) school hours in a single school year. This figure is based on a minimum of six (6) hours |
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per school day. For purposes of clarification, the intent herein is to permit school districts to |
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amend their school year to provide; for longer school days while reducing the actual number of |
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days in which the school facilities must be fully staffed and maintained, but to insure that in doing |
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so, school districts shall still provide the minimum amount of instruction time contemplated by |
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this section. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit a school district from exceeding the |
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minimum amounts of days and hours set forth herein. |
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(b) School facilities shall include a sufficient number of kindergartens. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS | |
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This act would allow school districts to use longer school days to educate students during |
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the school year, and to do so in less than one hundred eighty (180) days, so long as the total |
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amount of school hours provided at a minimum was one thousand eighty (1080) school hours per |
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school year. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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