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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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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"

     

     Introduced By: Representative Larry Valencia

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2014

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 13 of Chapter 286 of the 1986 Public Laws entitled "AN ACT IN

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AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 286 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS, 1986, ENTITLED 'AN ACT

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AUTHORIZING THE TOWNS OF CHARLESTOWN AND RICHMOND TOGETHER, OR

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TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON, TO JOIN A REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

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DISTRICT INCORPORATING SAID REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND

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PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A

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REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE JOINT USE OF THE PARTICIPATING TOWNS,

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WITHIN SAID REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THIS ACT,' AS

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AMENDED" is hereby further amended to read as follows:

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     Sec. 13(1) A student who enters an elementary school in kindergarten will be assured to

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matriculation at the school through grade 4 unless the family relocates outside the elementary

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school attendance district. Siblings, also will be assured of matriculation in the same elementary

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school as long as another sibling is in attendance. Elementary school attendance districts shall be

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based on geographical proximity and may include more than one town.

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      (2) Transportation of pupils shall be considered an operational cost of the regional school

 

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district and shall be governed by the regional school district committee, which shall also govern

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and determine the curriculum of the school subject to the provisions of section 11 hereof.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September 1, 2015.

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