Title 16, Title 16 Title 16

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

(a) The governor shall establish the council on elementary and secondary 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 and appointment of t…

Public members of the board of regents 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’ noti…

(a) The council on elementary and secondary education shall have in addition to those enumerated in § 16-60-1, the following powers and duties: (1) To approve a systematic program of information gathering, processing, and analysis addressed to every aspect of elementary and secon…

The board of regents shall have in addition to all the powers enumerated in § 16-60-1 and § 16-60-4 the authority to develop guidelines for issuing high school diplomas for World War II and Korean War veterans who left school early to fight in World War II or the Korean War. The …

(a) The regents shall hold regular meetings at least twice in each quarter of each calendar year. All meetings of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education shall be open to the public, provided that executive sessions may be held as subordinate parts of public m…

The council on elementary and secondary education, with the advice and consent of the board of education, shall appoint a commissioner of elementary and secondary education who shall serve at the pleasure of the council on elementary and secondary education, provided that the com…

(a) The board of regents shall maintain a department of elementary and secondary education which shall perform the research, administrative, and instructional functions and duties, including technical assistance and statewide educational information services for local school dist…

(a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish, maintain, and operate, in accordance with the guidelines of the board of advisors created pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, a training and resource center to serve as a source of information regar…

(a) The non-classified employees of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education, 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 after ten (10) ye…

(a) The department of elementary and secondary education, together with the department of administration, is authorized to develop and implement a voluntary statewide purchasing system for all public schools in this state, including regional school districts. Said system may be u…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums as it deems necessary for support and maintenance of elementary and secondary 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 o…

The regents shall apply for recovery of indirect cost when recovery is permissible under federal statute and grant regulations. All funds received for indirect costs recovery shall be turned over to the general treasurer and shall be placed in a restricted account for specific pu…

The board of regents shall have the power to investigate all transactions and matters relating to public elementary and secondary education in the state and to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and to require testimony and the production of records in the same manner and to the…