§ 16-77-9 - Additional standards. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 16-77-9

   § 16-77-9  Additional standards. – (a) No student tuition or mandatory fees may be charged by any charter publicschool.

   (b) A charter public school may include any grade up to gradetwelve (12) or any configuration of those grades, including kindergarten andprekindergarten. If specified in its charter, a charter public school may alsooperate an adult education program, adult high school completion program, orgeneral education development testing preparation program.

   (c) It is the intent of the general assembly that priority ofconsideration be given to charter public school applications designed toincrease the educational opportunities of educationally disadvantaged andat-risk pupils.

   (d) A charter public school may establish reasonable academicstandards as a condition for eligibility for applicants which are in accordancewith current state law and practice in existing public schools, and which donot discriminate against otherwise qualified individuals with a disability andwhich comply fully with § 16-77-4(b)(10).

   (e) A student who is not under suspension or expulsion fordiscipline reasons may withdraw from a charter public school at any time andenroll in another public school in the district where the student resides asdetermined by the school committee of the district. A student may be suspendedor expelled from a charter public school in accordance with the board ofregents and local district regulations for suspensions and/or expulsions, andother public schools may give full faith and credit to that suspension orexpulsion.

   (f) The governing board of a charter public school shall besubject to the Open Meetings Law, chapter 46 of title 42.