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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS

     

     Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, DiPalma, Gallo, Rogers, Britto, and Felag

     Date Introduced: March 07, 2023

     Referred To: Senate Education

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 16-2 of the General Laws entitled "School Committees and

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Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     16-2-37. Excused absences to include participation in agricultural fairs.

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     When a school committee, by its policies, provides for excused absences from attendance

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in school, for participation in a sport or any other extracurricular activity, that policy shall be

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amended and deemed to also include an excused absence from attendance in school for attending

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or participating in agricultural fairs as listed or defined by the department of environmental

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management. The department of environmental management shall work in consultation with the

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department of elementary and secondary education to define what qualifies as an agricultural fair

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for purposes of this section.

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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 provide that school policies which provide for excused absences for

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participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity would be amended and deemed to include

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attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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