STATE STATUTES & CODES

RHODE ISLAND STATUTES AND CODES

Title 16 - Education

• CHAPTER 16-1 - State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
• CHAPTER 16-2 - School Committees and Superintendents
• CHAPTER 16-2.1 - Civic Education Commission
• CHAPTER 16-3 - Establishment of Regional School Districts
• CHAPTER 16-3.1 - Cooperative Service Among School Districts
• CHAPTER 16-4 - Permanent School Fund
• CHAPTER 16-5 - State Aid
• CHAPTER 16-6 - Teachers' Salary Grants
• CHAPTER 16-7 - Foundation Level School Support
• CHAPTER 16-7.1 - The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative
• CHAPTER 16-7.2 - The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act
• CHAPTER 16-8 - Federal Aid
• CHAPTER 16-9 - School Funds and Property
• CHAPTER 16-10 - Consolidation of Schools
• CHAPTER 16-11 - Certification of Teachers
• CHAPTER 16-11.1 - Certification of Athletic Coaches
• CHAPTER 16-11.2 - Qualifications of Teacher Assistants
• CHAPTER 16-11.3 - State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute
• CHAPTER 16-11.4 - Rhode Island Certification Standards Board
• CHAPTER 16-12 - Rights and Duties of Teachers Generally
• CHAPTER 16-12.1 - School Administrators' Rights
• CHAPTER 16-13 - Teachers' Tenure
• CHAPTER 16-14 - Education of Teachers
• CHAPTER 16-15 - Teachers' Pensions
• CHAPTER 16-16 - Teachers' Retirement
• CHAPTER 16-17 - Retirement of Teachers in State Schools
• CHAPTER 16-17.1 - Alternate Provisions for Retirement of Teachers in State Colleges
• CHAPTER 16-17.2 - Compact for Pension Portability for Educators
• CHAPTER 16-18 - Annual Census of Children
• CHAPTER 16-19 - Compulsory Attendance
• CHAPTER 16-20 - Holidays and Days of Special Observance
• CHAPTER 16-21 - Health and Safety of Pupils
• CHAPTER 16-21.1 - Transportation of School Pupils Beyond City and Town Limits
• CHAPTER 16-21.2 - The Rhode Island Substance Abuse Prevention Act
• CHAPTER 16-21.3 - The Rhode Island Student Assistance Junior High/Middle School Act
• CHAPTER 16-21.4 - Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements and High School Athletes
• CHAPTER 16-21.5 - Student Interrogations
• CHAPTER 16-22 - Curriculum
• CHAPTER 16-23 - Textbooks
• CHAPTER 16-24 - Children with Disabilities
• CHAPTER 16-24.1 - The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Education Act
• CHAPTER 16-25 - Education of Children Who are Deaf or Blind
• CHAPTER 16-25.1 - Braille Instruction for Blind Students
• CHAPTER 16-25.2 - Instruction for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students
• CHAPTER 16-25.3 - School Speech and Language Pathologists
• CHAPTER 16-25.4 - American Sign Language
• CHAPTER 16-26 - School for the Deaf
• CHAPTER 16-26.1 - Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program
• CHAPTER 16-27 - Vocational Rehabilitation
• CHAPTER 16-27.1 - Displaced Homemakers
• CHAPTER 16-28 - Educational Television
• CHAPTER 16-29 - Americanization Schools
• CHAPTER 16-30 - Special Technical Institutes
• CHAPTER 16-31 - State Colleges
• CHAPTER 16-32 - University of Rhode Island
• CHAPTER 16-32.1 - The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Act
• CHAPTER 16-33 - Rhode Island College
• CHAPTER 16-33.1 - Community College of Rhode Island
• CHAPTER 16-34 - Nautical School
• CHAPTER 16-35 - School of Design
• CHAPTER 16-36 - College of Pharmacy
• CHAPTER 16-37 - Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund
• CHAPTER 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools
• CHAPTER 16-39 - Controversies in School Matters
• CHAPTER 16-40 - Private Schools
• CHAPTER 16-40.1 - Funds for Nonpublic School Record Keeping
• CHAPTER 16-41 - New England Higher Education Compact
• CHAPTER 16-42 - Education of Gifted Children
• CHAPTER 16-42.1 - Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Students
• CHAPTER 16-42.2 - Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Limited English Proficient Students
• CHAPTER 16-43 - Educational Programs Under the Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
• CHAPTER 16-44 - Community Colleges
• CHAPTER 16-45 - Regional Vocational Schools
• CHAPTER 16-46 - Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
• CHAPTER 16-46.1 - Rhode Island Cultural Arts Commission
• CHAPTER 16-47 - Compact for Education
• CHAPTER 16-48 - Educational Services to Very Young Children
• CHAPTER 16-48.1 - Certification of Personnel Providing Educational Services to Very Young Children
• CHAPTER 16-48.2 - Pilot Program for the Education of Kindergarten Students in the City of Woonsocket
• CHAPTER 16-49 - Board of Regents for Education
• CHAPTER 16-50 - Correspondence Schools, Home Study, and Related Courses
• CHAPTER 16-51 - Salary Supplements to Nonpublic Schoolteachers
• CHAPTER 16-52 - Maintenance of Order on Campus
• CHAPTER 16-53 - Rhode Island State Advisory Council for Technical Vocational Education
• CHAPTER 16-53.1 - Rhode Island School Improvement Team Act
• CHAPTER 16-54 - Education of Limited English Proficient Students
• CHAPTER 16-55 - Educational Benefits for Persons Over Sixty
• CHAPTER 16-56 - Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance
• CHAPTER 16-57 - Higher Education Assistance Authority
• CHAPTER 16-58 - Adult Education Commission
• CHAPTER 16-59 - Board of Governors for Higher Education
• CHAPTER 16-60 - Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education
• CHAPTER 16-61 - Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority
• CHAPTER 16-62 - The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority
• CHAPTER 16-62.1 - Nursing Loan Repayment Program
• CHAPTER 16-63 - Adult Education
• CHAPTER 16-64 - Residence of Children for School Purposes
• CHAPTER 16-65 - Continuing Education for Legislators
• CHAPTER 16-66 - The Rhode Island School Staff Institute
• CHAPTER 16-67 - Rhode Island Literacy and Dropout Prevention Act
• CHAPTER 16-67.1 - Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007
• CHAPTER 16-68 - Governor's Schools
• CHAPTER 16-69 - 60/40 Funding of Public Schools
• CHAPTER 16-70 - The Rhode Island Children's Crusade for Higher Education
• CHAPTER 16-71 - The Rhode Island Educational Records Bill of Rights
• CHAPTER 16-72 - Rhode Island Challenge Grants Act
• CHAPTER 16-73 - Education – Social Services
• CHAPTER 16-74 - Guaranteed Student Entitlement
• CHAPTER 16-75 - The Rhode Island Youth Service Commission
• CHAPTER 16-76 - Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
• CHAPTER 16-76.1 - Harassment at Institutions of Higher Education
• CHAPTER 16-77 - Establishment of Charter Public Schools
• CHAPTER 16-77.1 - Funding of Charter Public Schools
• CHAPTER 16-78 - Allergic Emergencies in Institutions of Higher Education
• CHAPTER 16-79 - Education Funding Plan
• CHAPTER 16-80 - Rhode Island School-to-Career Transition Act of 1996
• CHAPTER 16-81 - Right To A Safe School In Higher Education
• CHAPTER 16-82 - The Rhode Island Urban Education Act Of 1998
• CHAPTER 16-83 - The Rhode Island Middle School Reform Act of 2004
• CHAPTER 16-84 - Public Higher Education Academic Excellence and Student Access Endowment Incentive Program
• CHAPTER 16-85 - Lindsay Ann Burke Act
• CHAPTER 16-86 - Rhode Island Community Supports Academy
• CHAPTER 16-87 - Rhode Island Prekindergarten Education Act
• CHAPTER 16-88 - Rhode Island After School and Summer Learning Program Act
• CHAPTER 16-89 - Uniform School District Grant, Gift and Donation Acceptance and Expenditure Act of 2009
• CHAPTER 16-90 - High School Outcomes Improvement Act of 2009