Title 16, Title 16 Title 16

Where in this chapter the phrase “public colleges” or “public institutions of higher learning” or “public tax supported institutions of higher learning” or words of similar import are used they shall be taken to mean Rhode Island college, and the community college of Rhode Island…

The provisions of repealed §§ 16-31-8, 16-31-9, 16-31-10, 16-31-11, and 16-31-13 previously pertinent to the board of trustees of state colleges and made applicable to the board of governors for education are made applicable to the board of governors for higher education; provide…

This chapter shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purposes.

Whenin any law, resolution, document, record, instrument, proceeding, or other place the words “board of trustees of state colleges” or “boards of regents for education” as they shall apply to higher education shall appear, they shall be construed to mean “board of governors for …

If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation and the application of the provision to …

(a) All receipts from all sources other than state appropriations shall not be covered into the general fund of the state, but shall be kept by the general treasurer of the state in a separate fund for the council on postsecondary education, and shall be paid out by the treasurer…

The treasurer of Rhode Island college to be appointed by the council on postsecondary education, shall keep an accurate account of his or her receipts and expenditures which shall be audited by the state controller in accordance with law. The treasurer of each college shall turn …

The governor shall establish the council for postsecondary education by appointing eight (8) members of the board of education established pursuant to chapter 97 of this title to serve as members of the council, until the expiration of their term as a member of the board of educa…

The pre-audit of all expenditures under authority of the board by the state controller provided for in § 35-6-1 shall be purely ministerial, concerned only with the legality of the expenditure and the availability of the funds, and in no event shall the state controller interpose…

In order that the board of governors for higher education may control the personnel and equipment of the state colleges in the interest of educational efficiency, the board and the colleges are excepted from the provisions of subsection (a)(5) of § 35-3-1 relating to the employme…

(a) The appointment, promotion, salaries, tenure, and dismissal of administrative, instructional, and research employees, and secretarial employees not exceeding ten (10) in number, and armed college police officers of the state colleges shall not be subject in any manner or degr…

No member of the board of governors for higher education shall be employed in any position under the jurisdiction of the board, nor contract in any manner for any purpose with the board; nor shall the board purchase, sell, or lease any land, property, or supplies from or to any f…

(a) The board of governors shall develop a policy, commitments, and procedures for students with disabilities setting forth the steps necessary to ensure that all public colleges, as defined in § 16-59-13, are accessible to persons with disabilities. (b) The plan shall be substan…

The admissions offices of all state institutions of higher learning shall include in the admissions information provided to state residents forms for voter registration as described in § 17-9.1-9 to be provided by the state board of elections.

(a) In order to better maintain voter registration files, all institutions of higher education shall, on or before August 15th of each year, electronically transmit a text file or database to the secretary of state containing the names and current addresses of those students who …

(a) Purpose. The state of Rhode Island recognizes that research is a primary mission of an institution of higher education. While carrying out its research mission, the state further recognizes that inventions of value to the public will be made by persons working in its public i…

(a) The purchase and sale of academic degrees wherein the degree is obtained on the basis of a combination of a payment of a fee and the attainment of academic credit for so-called life experiences, without the applicant undertaking any academic coursework at the entity or instit…

Public members of the board of governors shall be removable by the governor for cause only, and removal solely for partisan or personal reasons unrelated to capacity or fitness for the office shall be unlawful. No removal shall be made for any cause except after ten (10) days’ no…

The council on postsecondary education shall have, in addition to those enumerated in § 16-59-1, the following powers and duties: (1) To approve a systematic program of information gathering, processing, and analysis addressed to every level, aspect, and form of higher education …

The board shall hold regular meetings at least twice in each quarter of each calendar year. All meetings of the board of governors for higher education shall be open to the public, provided that executive sessions may be held as subordinate parts of public meetings only when matt…

The council on postsecondary education, with approval of the board, shall appoint a commissioner of postsecondary education, who shall serve at the pleasure of the council, provided that his or her initial engagement by the council shall be for a period of not more than three (3)…

All non-classified employees of the council on postsecondary education who shall have twenty (20) years, not necessarily consecutive, of service credit, these credits having been earned in either the classified, non-classified, or unclassified service or any combination of these,…

(a) The non-classified employees of the board of governors for higher education, except for faculty employees and except for non-classified employees already receiving longevity increases, shall be entitled to a longevity payment in the amount of five percent (5%) of base salary …

(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums it deems necessary for support and maintenance of higher education in the state and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the appropriati…

(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums as may be necessary to create and maintain an “incentive fund for excellence”, which shall be used by the board of governors to fund program initiatives to improve the quality of the undergraduate education offered by t…

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, an applicant who is a member of the armed forces or reserves of the United States and is currently stationed in Rhode Island shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public u…

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general or public laws: (1) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15), who meets all of the following requirements shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public unive…