§ 16-2-20 - Visitation and examination of schools. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 16-2-20

   § 16-2-20  Visitation and examination ofschools. – The school committee shall make provision for visitation and inspection ofevery public school in the city or town by the superintendent of schools orother agent of the committee at regular periods or as often as may be requiredfor proper supervision; provided that at least once during every school year anexamination shall be made of the schoolhouse and premises, includingclassrooms, laboratories, and other rooms used by pupils and teachers, withparticular reference to cleanliness, heating, lighting, seating, ventilation,and other sanitary arrangements, and to corridors, stairways, doors, windows,fire escapes, and other devices for the protection of life in case of fire; andof registers and other school records, of the school library, apparatus, andequipment in classrooms and laboratories, of the books, discipline, mode ofteaching, and other matters that affect instruction. Report of the visitationand examination, with recommendations for the improvement of schools, shall bemade to the school committee. This section shall apply to the city ofProvidence.