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The general assembly establishes the Student Technology Investment Fund to provide schools and teaching staff with up-to-date educational technology and training to help students meet the demands of the 21st century. Rhode Island’s Comprehensive Education Strategy calls for provi…

The special joint commission established in § 16-79-2 supports the funding program established in § 16-7.1-15 and shall continue to assess its effectiveness as a comprehensive state education aid funding program. The commission will examine the needs of pre-kindergarten aged chil…

(a) Each locally or regionally operated school district shall receive as a base the same amount of school aid as each district received in fiscal year 1997-1998, adjusted to reflect the increases or decreases in aid enacted to meet the minimum and maximum funding levels establish…

(a) In addition to those funds described in § 16-7.1-15, each district with a tax effort index below 1.0 as calculated pursuant to § 16-7.1-6 and with a free and reduced lunch count in grades K-3 greater than forty percent (40%) shall receive targeted school aid. Districts shall …

(a) There is hereby established an after-school program for middle schools and junior and senior high schools to be administered by the department of elementary and secondary education. (b) Each district receiving targeted funds under this section must use a portion of these fund…

Funding of the investment funds enumerated in § 16-7.1-6, 16-7.1-8, 16-7.1-9, 16-7.1-10, 16-7.1-11, and 16-7.1-12 shall be by funds set aside from the state operations aid to be provided to school districts in the same manner as funds set aside and provided to school districts pu…

(a) The general assembly recognizes the need to support the academic instruction component of vocational education for students enrolled in career and technical education programs. To accomplish this, the general assembly shall appropriate some sum per student for each student wh…

(a) The board of regents shall adopt and publish statewide standards of performance and performance benchmarks in core subject areas, to include writing and mathematics (grades four (4), eight (8), and ten (10)). These standards and performance benchmarks shall be ratified by the…

All school districts shall implement a uniform program to track educational expenditures and investments. All school districts shall prepare annual reports of its programs which shall be submitted to the department of elementary and secondary education by July 31 of each year. Th…

On or before March 31 of each year, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall annually publish a report detailing school district and individual school performance consistent with § 16-60-4(22). This report shall also set annual performance benchmarks. Also, th…

(a) The board of regents shall adopt a series of progressive support and intervention strategies consistent with the Comprehensive Education Strategy and the principles of the “School Accountability for Learning and Teaching” (SALT) of the board of regents for those schools and s…

(a) No later than September 1, 2022, and in order to assess the Providence school district across multiple measures of district performance and student success, the commissioner shall update the turnaround action plan released June 23, 2020 (the “turnaround plan”), to include mea…

For the duration of the effective period of the order of reconstitution and control, any collective bargaining agreement entered into on behalf of the Providence public school district shall not take effect until ratified by the council on elementary and secondary education at a …

The general assembly recognizes that Rhode Island cities and towns primarily rely on the local property tax to finance education programs, and that the state’s highest effective property tax rates are concentrated in the state’s urban communities. Therefore, certain communities, …

The general assembly recognizes the need to improve fourth grade performances in mathematics, reading, and writing. Therefore, the general assembly establishes the Student Equity Investment Fund to target students identified as those requiring additional educational services. The…

The general assembly recognizes the strength Rhode Island’s growing cultural diversity brings to the overall economic and social health of the state. Therefore, the general assembly establishes the Student Language Assistance Investment Fund to target state resources to assist st…