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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

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAYORAL ACADEMIES AND CHARTER SCHOOLS

     

     Introduced By: Representative Patricia A.Serpa

     Date Introduced: June 12, 2014

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled "EDUCATION" is hereby amended

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by adding thereto the following chapter:

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CHAPTER 77.5

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MAYORAL ACADEMIES AND CHARTER SCHOOLS IN WEST WARWICK

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     16-77.5-1. Limited exemption from certain requirements for mayoral academies and

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charter schools. – Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the period of time beginning

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on July 1, 2014, up to and including June 30, 2019, the town of West Warwick is exempted from

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complying with any of the provisions set forth in chapters 77, 77.1, 77.2, 77.3 and 77.4 of title 16.

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     The town of West Warwick shall be exempt as a sending school district to any mayoral

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academy/charter school for the period of the five (5) year funding improvement plan that has

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been submitted and approved by the Rhode Island state division of revenue.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAYORAL ACADEMIES AND CHARTER SCHOOLS

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     This act would exempt the town of West Warwick from complying with the statutory

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requirements of chapters 77, 77.1, 77.2, 77.3 and 77.4 of title 16 regarding a mayoral academy,

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charter schools, and municipal academies for a five (5) year period. In addition, the town of West

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Warwick shall be exempted as a sending school district for the same five (5) year period.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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