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R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-80-1. Short title
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This chapter shall be known as the “Rhode Island School-to-Career Transition Act of 1996.” When in the general or public laws there appear the words, “The Rhode Island School-to-Work Transition Act of 1996,” it shall now read, “The Rhode Island School-to-Career Transition Act of …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-80-2. Findings
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The general assembly has found and declares that: (1) Three-fourths (¾) of adults in the Rhode Island workforce lack a baccalaureate degree, and many do not possess the academic and entry-level occupational skills necessary to succeed in the changing workplace; (2) Twenty-eight p…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-80-3. Purpose and intent
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The purpose and legislative intent of this chapter is: (1) To establish a state framework within which state departments can create an interagency mechanism to develop, implement and maintain a statewide system of school-to work transition; (2) To establish a state framework to p…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-80-4. Interagency partnerships
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A mechanism will be developed as part of the statewide school-to-career system that brings the departments of elementary and secondary education, labor and training, human services and the Rhode Island economic development corporation together to collaboratively support, implemen…