2014 -- H 7568 | |
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LC003775 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014 | |
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A N A C T | |
IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 286 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS, 1986, ENTITLED "AN ACT | |
IN AMENDMENT OF AND IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER 55 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS, 1958, | |
ENTITLED 'AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWNS OF CHARLESTOWN AND | |
RICHMOND TOGETHER, OR TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON, TO JOIN | |
A REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCORPORATING SAID REGIONAL HIGH | |
SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, | |
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE JOINT | |
USE OF THE PARTICIPATING TOWNS, WITHIN SAID REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL | |
DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THIS ACT,' AS AMENDED" | |
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Introduced By: Representative Larry Valencia | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2014 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 13 of Chapter 286 of the 1986 Public Laws entitled "AN ACT IN |
2 | AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 286 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS, 1986, ENTITLED 'AN ACT |
3 | AUTHORIZING THE TOWNS OF CHARLESTOWN AND RICHMOND TOGETHER, OR |
4 | TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON, TO JOIN A REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL |
5 | DISTRICT INCORPORATING SAID REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND |
6 | PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A |
7 | REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE JOINT USE OF THE PARTICIPATING TOWNS, |
8 | WITHIN SAID REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THIS ACT,' AS |
9 | AMENDED" is hereby further amended to read as follows: |
10 | Sec. 13(1) A student who enters an elementary school in kindergarten will be assured to |
11 | matriculation at the school through grade 4 unless the family relocates outside the elementary |
12 | school attendance district. Siblings, also will be assured of matriculation in the same elementary |
13 | school as long as another sibling is in attendance. Elementary school attendance districts shall be |
14 | based on geographical proximity and may include more than one town. |
15 | (2) Transportation of pupils shall be considered an operational cost of the regional school |
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1 | district and shall be governed by the regional school district committee, which shall also govern |
2 | and determine the curriculum of the school subject to the provisions of section 11 hereof. |
3 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September 1, 2015. |
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