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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that the present annual municipal appropriation to any school district, school department or school committee shall be or may be decreased or diminished by the amount of any grant, gift or donation made pursuant to this chapter.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “High School Outcomes Improvement Act of 2009.”

The general assembly makes the following findings of fact:. (1) The high schools of the state of Rhode Island play an integral role in preparing students for college and work in the 21st century. The high school outcomes improvement act recognizes that high school success is more…

The purpose of this chapter is to initiate a process by which the state may achieve the goal of collecting, maintaining, analyzing and reporting of data relating to the graduation rates of the students in our public high schools as an essential step in addressing gaps in educatio…

The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “High School Graduation Rate” is defined as the percentage of the “four (4) year adjusted cohort” who attended high school in the school dist…

(a) Duties and responsibilities imposed by the statute with respect to the state’s adoption, public reporting and implementation, with respect to the public high schools in the state, of a standard four (4) year adjusted cohort graduation rate using the defined formula. (1) Withi…

(a) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this statute, the board of regents shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly on the implementation of the adoption and implementation of the four (4) year cohort graduation rate formula. The report shall de…

The general assembly hereby finds and declares: (1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported injuries in children and adolescents who participate in sports and recreational activities. A concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or body that causes the brain t…

For the purpose of this section, the term “youth sports programs” means any program organized for recreational and/or athletic competition purposes by any school district or by any school participating in Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competition, and whose participants are…

(a) The department of education and the department of health shall work in concert with the Rhode Island Interscholastic League to develop and promulgate guidelines to inform and educate coaches, teachers, school nurses, youth athletes, and their parents and/or guardians of the n…

All other youth sports programs not specifically addressed by this statute are encouraged to follow the guidance set forth in this statute for all program participants who are age nineteen (19) and younger.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.”

The member states hereby create the “Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.” The activities of the interstate commission are the formation of public policy and are a discretionary state function. The interstate commission shall: (1) Be a body corp…

The interstate commission shall have the following powers: (1) To provide for dispute resolution among member states. (2) To promulgate rules and take all necessary actions to effect the goals, purposes and obligations as enumerated in this compact. The rules shall have the force…

(a) The interstate commission shall, by a majority of the members present and voting, within twelve (12) months after the first interstate commission meeting, adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact, including…

(a) Rulemaking authority. The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of this compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner…

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact’s purposes and intent. The provisions of this compact and the rul…

(a) The interstate commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities. (b) The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the ope…

(a) Any state is eligible to become a member state. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than ten (10) of the states. The effective date shall be no earlier than December 1, 2010. Thereafter it shall beco…

(a) Withdrawal. (1) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw from the compact by specifically repealing the statute, which enacted the compact into law. (2) Withdrawal from t…

It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: (1) Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are no…

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: (1) “Active duty” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the Space Force, the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pu…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, this compact shall apply to the children of: (1) Active duty members of the uniformed services as defined in this chapter, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U…

(a) Unofficial or “hand-carried” education records. In the event that official education records cannot be released to the parents for the purpose of transfer, the custodian of the records in the sending state shall prepare and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial e…

(a) Course placement. When the student transfers before or during the school year, the receiving state school shall initially honor placement of the student in educational courses based on the student’s enrollment in the sending state school, educational assessments conducted at …

(a) Eligibility for enrollment: (1) Special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a child of a military family and executed under applicable law shall be sufficient for the purposes of enrollment and all other actions requiring parental participation and consent. (2)…

In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families states and local education agencies shall incorporate the following procedures: (1) Waiver requirements. Local education agency administrative officials shall waive specific courses required for gradua…

(a) Each member state shall, through the creation of a state council or use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among its agencies of government, local education agencies and military installations concerning the state’s participation in, and compliance wit…

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (1) On November 4, 1988, the United States government ratified the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (“Genocide Convention”) which was approved by the United Nations General Asse…

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) “Genocide,” as defined by the Genocide Convention: means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, …

The state shall adhere to the following procedures: (1) The department of education shall collect and disseminate to every school district, private school, mayoral academy, and charter school, and make available on its website, curriculum materials and such other materials as may…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island family Engagement Advisory Council Act of 2011.”

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the following meaning given to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Board of regents” means the board of regents for elementary and secondary education. (2) “Department” means the Rhode Isla…

(a) Research supports a positive correlation between family engagement with a student’s school or school district and the performance of the student, school, and district. Students whose parents are involved in their education have better school attendance, earn higher grades and…

(a) Creation. There is hereby established a state-wide family engagement advisory council. The purpose of the council shall be to serve as an advisory body to the governor, the department of education, the board of regents, and to school districts. The council shall consist of tw…

(a) The duties of the family engagement advisory council shall include the following: (1) The council shall research and generate a series of recommendations on how to develop family engagement policies and practices that meet the following principles and standards for family-sch…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Recovery High Schools Act.”

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Recovery High School” means a public school or a special education program licensed by RIDE that: (i) Serves students diagnosed with substance use di…

(a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to create a pilot recovery high school for the purposes of demonstrating the effectiveness of this model in Rhode Island. Any currently licensed entities eligible to establish a recovery high school, as defined in subdivision 16-93-2(1), …

(a) Any school district in Rhode Island that may have a student, or students, who are currently or were last enrolled in said district and who are diagnosed with substance use disorder or dependency, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR, m…

This act shall be known and may be cited as “The College and Career Success For All Students Act.”

The purpose of this chapter shall be to ensure that each Rhode Island student has a sufficient education for success after high school and that all students have equal access to a substantive and rigorous curriculum that is designed to challenge their minds, enhance their knowled…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Advanced Placement course” means a course sponsored by the college board and offered for college credit at the high school level. (2) “Advanced Placement teacher” means a teacher of an advanced placement course. (3) “Pre-Advanced Placement” means set…

(a) Subject to appropriation, the state board of governors for higher education and the state board of regents for elementary and secondary education will work jointly to establish clear, specific, and challenging training guidelines that require teachers of advanced placement co…

(a) In order to fulfill the purposes of this act, the state board of regents shall encourage school districts to offer rigorous courses in grades 6 through 11 that prepare students for the demands of advanced placement course work. The state board of regents shall also encourage …

(a) On and after July 1, 2023, the guidance department of every public or private high school in the state shall ensure that notices (the “notice”) are provided to students and their parent, guardian, or responsible adult, regarding the merit and benefits of completing and filing…