2020 -- H 7043 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FIELD TRIP FUNDING | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, Costantino, Millea, O'Brien, and | |
Date Introduced: January 09, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 16-38-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-38 entitled "Offenses |
2 | Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is |
3 | hereby amended to read as follows: |
4 | 16-38-6. Restrictions on commercial activity and fundraising in public schools. |
5 | (a) No public school official or public school employee shall, for any purpose, solicit or |
6 | exact from any pupil in any public school any contribution or gift of money or any article of |
7 | value, or any pledge to contribute any money or article of value. This prohibition does not apply |
8 | to school sponsored field trips in which parents can be asked for funding as long as the school |
9 | district provides funding to any student whose family cannot afford the cost of the trip. No public |
10 | school teacher shall accept payment for tutoring directly from the parents of a student under his or |
11 | her instruction. If a teacher is to be assigned and compensated as a tutor for a student under his or |
12 | her instruction, the assignment and compensation must be through the school department |
13 | pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the school committee. Nothing in this section |
14 | shall be interpreted to prohibit a teacher from tutoring a student who is not concurrently under his |
15 | or her instruction in the public school and receiving compensation for the tutoring from the |
16 | parents of the student. |
17 | (b) No commercial goods or services shall be sold to students in the public schools or on |
18 | public school property, nor shall any commercial materials (flyers, literature, advertisements, |
19 | commercial materials, or solicitations) be sent home with students from the public school, except |
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1 | as authorized pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the local school committee, which |
2 | shall, at a minimum, address the following: |
3 | (1) The conduct and financial accountability of public school employees and public |
4 | school officials engaged in commercial activities for the benefit of public schools; |
5 | (2) The use of schoolchildren to deliver commercial materials to parents. |
6 | (c) Any approved fundraising activity shall be conducted on a voluntary basis and in |
7 | accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the school committee, which shall at a |
8 | minimum, address the following: |
9 | (1) The conduct and financial accountability of public school employees and public |
10 | school officials engaged in fundraising activities for the benefit of public schools; |
11 | (2) The specific circumstances, if any, for door to door solicitations and door to door |
12 | sales by public school students for fundraising; |
13 | (3) The use of schoolchildren to deliver fundraising materials to parents. |
14 | (d) The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall provide technical |
15 | assistance to assist the school committees of the several towns and cities in the formulation of the |
16 | local policies and procedures mandated by this section. |
17 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FIELD TRIP FUNDING | |
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1 | This act would allow parents to be asked for funding of school sponsored field trips as |
2 | long as the district provides funding to any student whose family cannot afford the trip. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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