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Every teacher shall aim to implant and cultivate in the minds of all children committed to his or her care the principles of morality and virtue.

At the opening of every school day in all grades in all public schools the teacher in charge of the room in which each class is held shall announce that a period of silence not to exceed one minute in duration shall be observed for meditation, and during this period silence shall…

On every September 11 in all grades in all public schools, a building administrator or a teacher may allow a brief moment of silence to be observed in memory of the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

(a) Every teacher in any public or private school shall keep a register of the names of all the students attending the school, their sex and age, names of parents or guardians, the time when each student enters and leaves the school, and their daily attendance, and shall prepare …

The annual salary of any teacher employed on a full time basis in any public school shall not be less than twelve hundred dollars ($1,200).

The school committee of any town may, on reasonable notice and hearing, dismiss any teacher for refusal to conform to the regulations made by the committee, or for other just cause.

The school committee of the town of Cumberland in electing teachers shall elect to serve at its discretion all teachers who have served in the schools under its direction for the previous three (3) consecutive school years; provided, that the school committee of the town of Cumbe…

(a) No teacher as defined in this section shall be required to teach classes in any of the state institutions named in this section for a maximum of more than one hundred and ninety (190) days in any one school year. (b) The term “teacher” as used in this section is deemed to mea…

(a) The general laws which apply to certified teachers in the cities and towns shall apply equally to certified teachers in state schools. (b) The provisions of § 16-60-7.2 shall also apply equally to certified teachers in state schools.

Notwithstanding any prior ratification and validation by the general assembly of any home rule charter provision requiring that a public school department employee reside within the employing city or town, effective September 1, 2001, no home rule charter provision shall require …