Title 16, Title 16 Title 16

A child shall be eligible to receive education from the city or town in which the child’s residence has been established until his or her residence has been established in another city or town and that city or town has enrolled the child within its school system, unless the commi…

In any proceeding where it is alleged that a child’s residence has been changed due to illness of a parent, the break-up of the child’s family, abandonment of the child by his or her parents, death of the child’s parents, or emancipation of the child, the party alleging the exist…

The appointment of a guardian of the person of a child pursuant to chapter 15.1 of title 33 shall not operate to change a child’s residence unless the child takes up residence with the guardian and unless the guardian has been appointed for a substantial reason other than to chan…

In cases where the director of a Rhode Island state agency considers it likely that a child under his or her care and control will be subject to a short term placement or series of short term placements, the director may petition the commissioner of elementary and secondary educa…

When a school district or a state agency charged with educating children denies that it is responsible for educating a child on the grounds that the child is not a resident of the school district or that the child is not the educational responsibility of the state agency, the dis…

When the family court enters an order pursuant to the provisions of § 33-15.1-2 vesting the right to control a child’s education with the department of children, youth, and families, that department shall be empowered to authorize and direct the transfer of public school pupil re…

When a student changes his or her residence during the course of a semester the student shall be allowed to complete the semester in his or her original city or town of residence. If the student is a senior or about to enter his or her senior year the student shall be allowed to …