STATE STATUTES & CODES

RHODE ISLAND STATUTES AND CODES

CHAPTER 16-2 - School Committees and Superintendents

• § 16-2-1 - Cities included as towns.
• § 16-2-2 - City and town schools required – School year – Location – Kindergartens.
• § 16-2-3 - Emergency reduction of school year.
• § 16-2-4 - [Repealed.].
• § 16-2-5 - Composition of city or town school committees – Election and terms of members – Vacancies.
• § 16-2-5.1 - Professional development.
• § 16-2-6 - Chairperson and clerk of city or town committee.
• § 16-2-7 - Distribution of documents and blanks by clerk.
• § 16-2-8 - Regular meetings of committee.
• § 16-2-9 - General powers and duties of school committees.
• § 16-2-9.1 - Code of basic management principles and ethical school standards.
• § 16-2-9.2 - Joint purchasing agreements.
• § 16-2-9.3 - The advisory council on school finances.
• § 16-2-9.4 - School district accounting compliance.
• § 16-2-9.5 - Other post-employment benefits – OPEB trusts.
• § 16-2-10 - Certification of superintendents.
• § 16-2-11 - General powers and duties of superintendent.
• § 16-2-12 - Joint superintendent employed by two or more cities or towns.
• § 16-2-13 - Joint committee – Annual convention – Superintendent – Dissolution.
• § 16-2-14 - [Repealed.].
• § 16-2-15 - Location of schools – Control of property.
• § 16-2-15.1 - Pawtucket school committee – Abandonment, closing, reopening, or acquisition of school buildings – Public hearings.
• § 16-2-16 - Rules and regulations – Curriculum.
• § 16-2-17 - Right to a safe school.
• § 16-2-18 - Selection of teachers and superintendent – General control of schools – Expenses.
• § 16-2-18.1 - Criminal records review.
• § 16-2-18.2 - Prior criminal records checks.
• § 16-2-18.3 - Rules and regulations.
• § 16-2-19 - Children attending in adjoining cities or towns.
• § 16-2-20 - Visitation and examination of schools.
• § 16-2-21 - Pre-budget consultation – Annual reports – Appropriation requests – Budgets.
• § 16-2-21.1 - [Repealed.].
• § 16-2-21.2 - Three-year budget forecasting process.
• § 16-2-21.3 - Meetings with city and town councils.
• § 16-2-21.4 - School budgets – Compliance with certain requirements.
• § 16-2-21.5 - Notification of state school aid to school districts.
• § 16-2-21.6 - Collective bargaining fiscal impact statements.
• § 16-2-22 - [Repealed.].
• § 16-2-23 - Expenditures pending annual appropriation.
• § 16-2-24 - Survey of city or town schools.
• § 16-2-25 - Distribution of powers in Providence and Cranston.
• § 16-2-26 - Special statutes prevailing.
• § 16-2-27 - Eligibility for attendance – Kindergarten.
• § 16-2-28 - Eligibility for attendance – First grade.
• § 16-2-28.1 - Regulations.
• § 16-2-28.2 - Kindergarten multiple sessions.
• § 16-2-29 - [Repealed.].
• § 16-2-30 - School lunch programs.
• § 16-2-31 - School crossing guard equipment.
• § 16-2-32 - Policy manual for school committee.
• § 16-2-33 - City of Woonsocket – Compensation to school committee members.
• § 16-2-33.1 - City of Woonsocket – School dress code.
• § 16-2-34 - Central Falls School District board of trustees.