2020 -- H 7077

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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 -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Millea, Shekarchi, Solomon, and
O'Brien

     Date Introduced: January 10, 2020

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 16-2-19 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-2 entitled "School

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Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of

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Education Act]" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     16-2-19. Children attending in adjoining cities or towns.

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     Whenever the school committee of any city or town shall find that it is more convenient

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or expedient for any child residing in the city or town to attend school in an adjoining city or

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town, the committee may arrange with the school authorities of the city or town for the

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attendance of the child at their schools, and may pay for the tuition out of the city or town

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appropriation for public schools. The amount paid shall be used for school purposes only, and

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shall not exceed the local per pupil funding amount of said adjoining city or town as calculated by

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the department of education.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS

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     This act would require that the amount of tuition for any child attending school in an

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adjoining city or town shall not exceed the local per pupil funding amount of the adjoining city or

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town from which the student is sent.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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