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(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…

(a) There is created a council on elementary and secondary education which shall be and is constituted a public corporation, empowered to sue and be sued in its own name, to have a corporate seal, and to exercise all the powers, in addition to those specifically enumerated in thi…

The provisions of §§ 42-35-1 through 42-35-8 shall apply to this chapter.

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

When in any law, resolution, document, record, instrument, proceeding, or other place the words “board of education,” “state board of education,” or “board of regents for education” as they shall apply to elementary and secondary education shall appear they shall be construed to …

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…

This chapter shall be known as “The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority Act”.

(a) The principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued by the authority may be secured by a pledge or assignment of any revenues, receipts, or assets of the authority and may be secured by a security interest or other instrument covering all or any part of one or more eli…

All money received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or notes or as revenues, receipts, or income, shall be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in the proceedings under which the bonds or notes are authorized. …

(a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and for the improvement of their living conditions, and will constitute the performance of an essen…

The notes and bonds of the authority are made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, including, but not limited to, the authority, all companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insuranc…

The state does pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued under this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders until those bonds or notes, together with the…

Obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not constitute a debt, liability, or obligation of the state or of any political subdivision of the state other than the authority or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or any political subdivision other tha…

The authority is authorized to accept any money as may be appropriated by the general assembly for effectuating its corporate purposes including, without limitation, the payment of the initial expenses of administration and operation and the establishment of reserves or contingen…

(a) All state agencies may render any services to the authority within their functions as may be requested by the authority. (b) Upon request of the authority, any state agency is authorized and empowered to transfer to the authority any officers and employees as it may deem nece…

Within six (6) months after the close of its fiscal year the board shall approve and submit an annual report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the secretary of state of its activities during that fiscal year. The report…

When any provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law or ordinance, general, special, or local, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.

The purpose of this chapter is to authorize a system of financial assistance, consisting of grants, loans, and other aids, for qualified inhabitants of the state to enable them to obtain a postsecondary education by attending public or private educational institutions both within…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall restrict or limit the powers of the authority arising under any laws of this state. This chapter shall be construed to provide a complete additional and alternative method for doing the things authorized by it and shall be regarded as suppl…

This chapter being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, s…

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Authority” means the governmental agency and public instrumentality authorized, created, and established pursuan…

(a) There is authorized, created, and established a public corporation of the state having a legal existence distinct from the state and not constituting a department of state government, which is a governmental agency and public instrumentality of the state, to be known as the “…

The authority shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including without limiting the generality of the preceding statement, the power: (1) To sue and be sued, complain, and defend, in its corporat…

In addition to the powers enumerated in § 16-62-5, the authority shall have the power: (1) To lend money to students and to parents of students and to refinance or consolidate eligible loans and education loans previously made to a student or parent by the authority or other lend…

(a) The powers of the authority shall be vested in a board of directors consisting of six (6) members as follows: five (5) members appointed by the governor from among members of the general public, who are qualified by training or experience in education, finance, or personal in…

Any person qualifying for an eligible loan shall not be disqualified to receive the loan made for or guaranteed by the authority by reason of his being a minor. For the purpose of applying for, securing, receiving, and repaying this loan, any person shall be deemed to have full l…

(a) The authority shall have the power and is authorized to issue its negotiable bonds and notes in one or more series in any principal amounts as in the opinion of the authority shall be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving its purposes, including the payment of i…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Adult Education Act”.