Chapter
114
2006 -- S 2836
Enacted 06/16/06
A N A
C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION
-- ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Introduced By: Senator
Kevin A. Breene
Date Introduced: February
16, 2006
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 16-3-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-3 entitled
"Establishment
of Regional School Districts" is hereby amended to read as follows:
16-3-12.
Regional school district financial meeting -- Special meetings. -- (a)
The
regional
school district financial meeting to which all the voters qualified to vote in
their
respective
cities or towns on any proposition for the imposition of a tax or the
expenditure of
money
shall be held on the first Monday in February of each year at eight o'clock
(8:00) p.m. at
the
regional school district high school or any other location that the regional
school district
committee
may publicly designate in advance; provided, however, that:
(1) The Exeter-West Greenwich regional school district meeting shall be held on
the
second
(2nd) or third (3rd) Monday of April of each year at the discretion of the
school
committee
at eight o'clock (8:00) seven o'clock (7:00) p.m.; and
(2) The Chariho Regional School District meeting for the calendar year 2002
only shall
be held
no later than March 23, 2002 at a time and date to be determined by the
regional district
school
committee. The regional district school committee shall prepare and approve a
budget no
later
than thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting date. The regional district
school committee
shall
adopt a final proposed budget no later than ten (10) days prior to the annual
meeting date
and the
treasurer of the regional school district shall certify the charge per pupil to
each district
treasurer
by April 9, 2002.
(b) Special meetings may be called by vote of the regional school district
committee or
upon
petition of two hundred (200) district voters filed in writing with the
committee; provided,
however,
that for the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District, a petition of five
percent
(5%) of
registered voters shall be required to call a special meeting and the petition
must be filed
on or
before May 15 of any year. The petition shall be presented in proper format
with the
signature,
the printed name and the address of each registered voter, to the school
committee at a
duly
convened school committee meeting.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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