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Chapter 16-6 Teachers’ Salary Grants [Repealed.]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Chapter 16-10 Consolidation of Schools [Repealed.]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Chapter 16-14 Education of Teachers [Repealed.]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Chapter 16-18 Annual Census of Children [Repealed.]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 16-22 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 College Crusade Scholarship [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