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State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-2
School Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-2.1
Civic Education Commission
16-3
Establishment of Regional School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-3.1
Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-3.2
School and Family Empowerment Act
16-4
Permanent School Fund [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-5
State Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-6
Teachers’ Salary Grants [Repealed.]
16-7
Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-7.1
The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-7.2
The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act
16-8
Federal Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-9
School Funds and Property
16-10
Consolidation of Schools [Repealed.]
16-11
Certification of Teachers [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-11.1
Athletic Coaches
16-11.2
Qualifications of Teacher Assistants
16-11.3
State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute
16-11.4
Rhode Island Certification Standards Board [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-12
Rights and Duties of Teachers Generally
16-12.1
School Administrators’ Rights
16-13
Teachers’ Tenure
16-14
Education of Teachers [Repealed.]
16-15
Teachers’ Pensions
16-16
Teachers’ Retirement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-17
Retirement of Teachers in State Schools
16-17.1
Alternate Provisions for Retirement of Teachers in State Colleges [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-17.2
Compact for Pension Portability for Educators
16-18
Annual Census of Children [Repealed.]
16-19
Compulsory Attendance [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-20
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
16-21
Health and Safety of Pupils
16-21.1
Transportation of School Pupils Beyond City and Town Limits [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-21.2
The Rhode Island Substance Abuse Prevention Act
16-21.3
The Rhode Island Student Assistance Junior High/Middle School Act
16-21.4
Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements and High School Athletes
16-21.5
Student Interrogations
16-21.6
Internet Filtering in Schools
16-21.7
The Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act
16-21.8
School Emergency Drills Act.
16-22
Curriculum [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-22.1
The Statewide Virtual Education Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-22.2
Biliteracy Seal
16-23
Textbooks
16-24
Children With Disabilities [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-24.1
The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Education Act
16-25
Education of Children Who Are Deaf or Blind [Repealed.]
16-25.1
Braille Instruction for Blind Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-25.2
Instruction for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-25.3
School Speech and Language Pathologists [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-25.4
American Sign Language [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-26
School for the Deaf [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-26.1
Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-27
Vocational Rehabilitation [Repealed.]
16-27.1
Displaced Homemakers [Repealed.]
16-28
Educational Television [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-29
Americanization Schools
16-30
Special Technical Institutes [Repealed.]
16-31
State Colleges [Repealed.]
16-32
University of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-32.1
The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-33
Rhode Island College [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-33.1
Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-34
Nautical School [Repealed.]
16-35
School of Design
16-36
College of Pharmacy [Repealed.]
16-37
Best and Brightest Scholarship Fund
16-38
Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-39
Controversies in School Matters [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-40
Private Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-40.1
Funds for Nonpublic School Record Keeping
16-41
New England Higher Education Compact
16-42
Education of Gifted Children [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-42.1
Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Students
16-42.2
Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Limited English Proficient Students
16-43
Educational Programs Under the Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
16-44
Community Colleges [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-45
Regional Vocational Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-45.1
Career and Technical Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-46
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts [Repealed.]
16-46.1
Rhode Island Cultural Arts Commission [Repealed.]
16-47
Compact for Education [Repealed.]
16-48
Educational Services to Very Young Children
16-48.1
Certification of Personnel Providing Educational Services to Very Young Children
16-48.2
Pilot Program for the Education of Kindergarten Students in the City of Woonsocket [Repealed.]
16-49
Board of Regents for Education [Repealed.]
16-50
Correspondence Schools, Home Study, and Related Courses
16-51
Salary Supplements to Nonpublic Schoolteachers [Repealed.]
16-52
Maintenance of Order on Campus [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-53
Rhode Island Board of Trustees on Career and Technical Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-53.1
Rhode Island School Improvement Team Act
16-54
Education of Limited English Proficient Students [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-55
Educational Benefits for Persons over Sixty
16-56
Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance
16-57
Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-58
Adult Education Commission [Repealed.]
16-59
Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-60
Council on Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-61
Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-62
The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority
16-62.1
Nursing Loan Repayment Program
16-63
Adult Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-64
Residence of Children for School Purposes
16-65
Continuing Education for Legislators
16-66
The Rhode Island School Staff Institute
16-67
Rhode Island Literacy and Dropout Prevention Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-67.1
Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007 [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-67.2
Education of Children with Dyslexia and Related Disorders
16-68
Governor’s Schools [Repealed.]
16-69
60/40 Funding of Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-70
The Onward We Learn Scholarship Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-71
The Rhode Island Educational Records Bill of Rights
16-72
Rhode Island Challenge Grants Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-73
Education — Social Services [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-73.1
School Social Workers Quality Assessment Act
16-74
Guaranteed Student Entitlement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-75
The Rhode Island Youth Service Commission [Repealed.]
16-76
Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
16-76.1
Harassment at Institutions of Higher Education
16-76.2
Alcohol And/or Drug Use Amnesty for Reporters of Incidents of Violence at Institutions of Higher Education
16-77
Establishment of Charter Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-77.1
Funding of Charter Public Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-77.2
District Charter School [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-77.3
Independent Charter Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-77.4
Mayoral Academies [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-78
Allergic Emergencies in Institutions of Higher Education
16-79
Education Funding Plan
16-80
Rhode Island School-To-Career Transition Act of 1996
16-81
Right to a Safe School in Higher Education
16-82
The Rhode Island Urban Education Act of 1998
16-83
The Rhode Island Middle School Reform Act of 2004
16-84
Public Higher Education Academic Excellence and Student Access Endowment Incentive Program [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-85
Lindsay Ann Burke Act
16-86
Rhode Island Community Supports Academy [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-87
Rhode Island Prekindergarten Education Act
16-87.1
Early Childhood Governance Working Group
16-88
Rhode Island After School and Summer Learning Program Act
16-89
Uniform School District Grant, Gift and Donation Acceptance and Expenditure Act of 2009
16-90
High School Outcomes Improvement Act of 2009 [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-91
School and Youth Programs Concussion Act
16-91.1
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act
16-92
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
16-93
Holocaust and Genocide Education in Secondary Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-93.1
The Rhode Island Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission [see Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-94
The Rhode Island Family Engagement Advisory Council [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-95
The Recovery High Schools Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-96
The College and Career Success for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-97
The Rhode Island Board of Education Act
16-97.1
Education Accountability Act
16-98
Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
16-99
Full-Day Kindergarten Accessibility Act
16-100
Dual Enrollment Equal Opportunity Act
16-101
Academic Credit for Military Service
16-102
The Rhode Island Teachers’ Advisory Council
16-103
Student Social Media Privacy
16-104
Student Data-Cloud Computing
16-105
School Building Authority
16-106
The Performance Incentive Funding Act of 2016
16-107
Rhode Island Promise Scholarship
16-108
All Students Count Act
16-109
Student Journalists’ Freedom of Expression Act
16-110
African American History Education in Elementary and Secondary School
16-111
School Waste Recycling and Refuse Disposal
16-112
Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act
16-113
Rhode Island Hope Scholarship Pilot Program Act
16-114
Sheila C. “Skip” Nowell Academy.
16-115
Rhode Island Early Care and Education Workforce Data Act
16-116
Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act