169 chapters · 1,225 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-38-1. Discrimination because of race or age
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(a) No person shall be excluded from any public school on account of race or color, or for being over fifteen (15) years of age, nor except by force of some general regulation applicable to all persons under the same circumstances. (b) Discrimination on the basis of race is prohi…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-38-1.1. Discrimination because of sex
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(a)(1) Discrimination on the basis of sex is prohibited in all public elementary and secondary schools in the state and in all schools operated by the board of regents for elementary and secondary education. This prohibition shall apply to employment practices, admissions, curric…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-38-10. Power of officials to visit schools
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Any school receiving aid from the state, either by direct grant or by exemption from taxation, may be visited and examined by the school committee of the city or town in which the school is situated, and by the board of elementary and secondary education or its duly authorized ag…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-38-11. Termination of school exemption from taxation for noncompliance
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Whenever a school shall refuse to permit visitation, when requested, or shall refuse or neglect to keep the school register and to make returns as required by law, its exemption from taxation shall thereafter cease and be determined; and the board of regents for elementary and se…