Title 16
Education
Index of Chapters
Chapter 16-1 State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 —
The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-2 School Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island
Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-2.1 Civic Education Commission
Chapter 16-3 Establishment of Regional School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island
Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-3.1 Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island
Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-3.2 School and Family Empowerment Act
Chapter 16-4 Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-5 State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-6 Teachers’ Salary Grants [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-7 Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-7.1 The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter
97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-7.2 The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act
Chapter 16-8 Federal Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-9 School Funds and Property
Chapter 16-10 Consolidation of Schools [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-11 Certification of Teachers [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-11.1 Athletic Coaches
Chapter 16-11.2 Qualifications of Teacher Assistants
Chapter 16-11.3 State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute
Chapter 16-11.4 Rhode Island Certification Standards Board [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island
Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-12 Rights and Duties of Teachers Generally
Chapter 16-12.1 School Administrators’ Rights
Chapter 16-13 Teachers’ Tenure
Chapter 16-14 Education of Teachers [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-15 Teachers’ Pensions
Chapter 16-16 Teachers’ Retirement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-17 Retirement of Teachers in State Schools
Chapter 16-17.1 Alternate Provisions for Retirement of Teachers in State Colleges [See Title 16 Chapter
97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-17.2 Compact for Pension Portability for Educators
Chapter 16-18 Annual Census of Children [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-19 Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-20 Holidays and Days of Special Observance
Chapter 16-21 Health and Safety of Pupils
Chapter 16-21.1 Transportation of School Pupils Beyond City and Town Limits [See Title 16 Chapter
97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-21.2 The Rhode Island Substance Abuse Prevention Act
Chapter 16-21.3 The Rhode Island Student Assistance Junior High/Middle School Act
Chapter 16-21.4 Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements and High School Athletes
Chapter 16-21.5 Student Interrogations
Chapter 16-21.6 Internet Filtering in Schools
Chapter 16-21.7 The Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act
Chapter 16-21.8 School Emergency Drills Act.
Chapter 16-22 Curriculum [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-22.1 The Statewide Virtual Education Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-22.2 Biliteracy Seal
Chapter 16-23 Textbooks
Chapter 16-24 Children With Disabilities [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-24.1 The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Education Act
Chapter 16-25 Education of Children Who Are Deaf or Blind [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-25.1 Braille Instruction for Blind Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island
Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-25.2 Instruction for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode
Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-25.3 School Speech and Language Pathologists [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island
Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-25.4 American Sign Language [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-26 School for the Deaf [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-26.1 Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The
Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-27 Vocational Rehabilitation [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-27.1 Displaced Homemakers [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-28 Educational Television [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-29 Americanization Schools
Chapter 16-30 Special Technical Institutes [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-31 State Colleges [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-32 University of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-32.1 The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 —
The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-33 Rhode Island College [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-33.1 Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-34 Nautical School [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-35 School of Design
Chapter 16-36 College of Pharmacy [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-37 Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund
Chapter 16-38 Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of
Education Act]
Chapter 16-39 Controversies in School Matters [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-40 Private Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-40.1 Funds for Nonpublic School Record Keeping
Chapter 16-41 New England Higher Education Compact
Chapter 16-42 Education of Gifted Children [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of
Education Act]
Chapter 16-42.1 Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Students
Chapter 16-42.2 Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Limited English Proficient Students
Chapter 16-43 Educational Programs Under the Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
Chapter 16-44 Community Colleges [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-45 Regional Vocational Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-45.1 Career and Technical Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of
Education Act]
Chapter 16-46 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-46.1 Rhode Island Cultural Arts Commission [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-47 Compact for Education [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-48 Educational Services to Very Young Children
Chapter 16-48.1 Certification of Personnel Providing Educational Services to Very Young Children
Chapter 16-48.2 Pilot Program for the Education of Kindergarten Students in the City of Woonsocket
[Repealed.]
Chapter 16-49 Board of Regents for Education [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-50 Correspondence Schools, Home Study, and Related Courses
Chapter 16-51 Salary Supplements to Nonpublic Schoolteachers [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-52 Maintenance of Order on Campus [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of
Education Act]
Chapter 16-53 Rhode Island Board of Trustees on Career and Technical Education [See Title 16 Chapter
97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-53.1 Rhode Island School Improvement Team Act
Chapter 16-54 Education of Limited English Proficient Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode
Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-55 Educational Benefits for Persons over Sixty
Chapter 16-56 Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance
Chapter 16-57 Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode
Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-58 Adult Education Commission [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-59 Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-60 Council on Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode
Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-61 Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode
Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-62 The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority
Chapter 16-62.1 Nursing Loan Repayment Program
Chapter 16-63 Adult Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-64 Residence of Children for School Purposes
Chapter 16-65 Continuing Education for Legislators
Chapter 16-66 The Rhode Island School Staff Institute
Chapter 16-67 Rhode Island Literacy and Dropout Prevention Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode
Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-67.1 Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007 [See Title 16 Chapter 97 —
The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-67.2 Education of Children with Dyslexia and Related Disorders
Chapter 16-68 Governor’s Schools [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-69 60/40 Funding of Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-70 THE ONWARD WE LEARN SCHOLARSHIP ACT [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-71 The Rhode Island Educational Records Bill of Rights
Chapter 16-72 Rhode Island Challenge Grants Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-73 Education — Social Services [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-73.1 School Social Workers Quality Assessment Act
Chapter 16-74 Guaranteed Student Entitlement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of
Education Act]
Chapter 16-75 The Rhode Island Youth Service Commission [Repealed.]
Chapter 16-76 Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
Chapter 16-76.1 Harassment at Institutions of Higher Education
Chapter 16-76.2 Alcohol And/or Drug Use Amnesty for Reporters of Incidents of Violence at Institutions
of Higher Education
Chapter 16-77 Establishment of Charter Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island
Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-77.1 Funding of Charter Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board
of Education Act]
Chapter 16-77.2 District Charter School [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-77.3 Independent Charter Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education
Act]
Chapter 16-77.4 Mayoral Academies [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-78 Allergic Emergencies in Institutions of Higher Education
Chapter 16-79 Education Funding Plan
Chapter 16-80 Rhode Island School-To-Career Transition Act of 1996
Chapter 16-81 Right to a Safe School in Higher Education
Chapter 16-82 The Rhode Island Urban Education Act of 1998
Chapter 16-83 The Rhode Island Middle School Reform Act of 2004
Chapter 16-84 Public Higher Education Academic Excellence and Student Access Endowment Incentive
Program [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-85 Lindsay Ann Burke Act
Chapter 16-86 Rhode Island Community Supports Academy [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island
Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-87 Rhode Island Prekindergarten Education Act
Chapter 16-87.1 Early Childhood Governance Working Group
Chapter 16-88 Rhode Island After School and Summer Learning Program Act
Chapter 16-89 Uniform School District Grant, Gift and Donation Acceptance and Expenditure Act of
2009
Chapter 16-90 High School Outcomes Improvement Act of 2009 [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode
Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-91 School and Youth Programs Concussion Act
Chapter 16-91.1 The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act
Chapter 16-92 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Chapter 16-93 Holocaust and Genocide Education in Secondary Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the
Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-93.1 The Rhode Island Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission [see Title 16 Chapter
97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-94 The Rhode Island Family Engagement Advisory Council [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The
Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-95 The Recovery High Schools Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of
Education Act]
Chapter 16-96 The College and Career Success for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The
Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-97 The Rhode Island Board of Education Act
Chapter 16-97.1 Education Accountability Act
Chapter 16-98 Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97
— The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Chapter 16-99 Full-Day Kindergarten Accessibility Act
Chapter 16-100 Dual Enrollment Equal Opportunity Act
Chapter 16-101 Academic Credit for Military Service
Chapter 16-102 The Rhode Island Teachers’ Advisory Council
Chapter 16-103 Student Social Media Privacy
Chapter 16-104 Student Data-Cloud Computing
Chapter 16-105 School Building Authority
Chapter 16-106 The Performance Incentive Funding Act of 2016
Chapter 16-107 Rhode Island Promise Scholarship
Chapter 16-108 All Students Count Act
Chapter 16-109 Student Journalists’ Freedom of Expression Act
Chapter 16-110 African American History Education in Elementary and Secondary School
Chapter 16-111 School Waste Recycling and Refuse Disposal
Chapter 16-112 Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act
Chapter 16-113 Rhode Island Hope Scholarship Pilot Program Act
Chapter 16-114 Sheila C. “Skip” Nowell Academy.
Chapter 16-115 Rhode Island Early Care and Education Workforce Data Act
Chapter 16-116 Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act