169 chapters · 1,225 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-19-1. Attendance required
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(a) Every child who has completed, or will have completed, six (6) years of life on or before September 1 of any school year, or is enrolled in kindergarten, and has not completed eighteen (18) years of life, shall regularly attend some public day school during all the days and h…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-19-1.1. Grants and gifts — Acceptance and expenditure — Coventry — Woonsocket
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(a) The Coventry and Woonsocket school departments or school committees may accept any and all donations, gifts and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, conditional or otherwise, from any state, the federal government, or any governmental entity or agency…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-19-10. Notification of pupil absence
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(a) Whenever any pupil in grades kindergarten through nine (9) fails to report to school on a regularly scheduled school day and no indication has been received by school personnel that the pupil’s parent or guardian is aware of the pupil’s absence, a reasonable effort to notify,…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-19-2. Approval of private schools — Requirements — Review
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For the purposes of this chapter a private school or at-home instruction shall be approved only when it complies with the following requirements: (1) that the period of attendance of the pupils in the school or in the home instruction is substantially equal to that required by la…