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Rhode Island General Laws Title 16. Education

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  • Chapter 1. State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 2. School Committees and Superintendents See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 2.1. Civic Education Commission
  • Chapter 3. Establishment of Regional School Districts See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 3.1. Cooperative Service Among School Districts See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 3.2. School and Family Empowerment Act
  • Chapter 4. Permanent School Fund See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 5. State Aid See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 7. Foundation Level School Support See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 7.1. The Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 7.2. The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act
  • Chapter 8. Federal Aid See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 9. School Funds and Property
  • Chapter 11. Certification of Teachers See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 11.1. Athletic Coaches
  • Chapter 11.2. Qualifications of Teacher Assistants
  • Chapter 11.3. State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute
  • Chapter 11.4. Rhode Island Certification Standards Board See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 12. Rights and Duties of Teachers Generally
  • Chapter 12.1. School Administrators' Rights
  • Chapter 13. Teachers' Tenure
  • Chapter 15. Teachers' Pensions
  • Chapter 16. Teachers' Retirement See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 17. Retirement of Teachers in State Schools
  • Chapter 17.1. Alternate Provisions for Retirement of Teachers in State Colleges See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 17.2. Compact for Pension Portability for Educators
  • Chapter 19. Compulsory Attendance See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 20. Holidays and Days of Special Observance
  • Chapter 21. Health and Safety of Pupils
  • Chapter 21.1. Transportation of School Pupils Beyond City and Town Limits See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 21.2. The Rhode Island Substance Abuse Prevention Act
  • Chapter 21.3. The Rhode Island Student Assistance Junior High/Middle School Act
  • Chapter 21.4. Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements and High School Athletes
  • Chapter 21.5. Student Interrogations
  • Chapter 21.6. Internet Filtering in Schools
  • Chapter 21.7 . The Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act
  • Chapter 22. Curriculum See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 22.1. The Statewide Virtual Education Act See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 22.2. Biliteracy Seal
  • Chapter 23. Textbooks
  • Chapter 24. Children with Disabilities See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 24.1. The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Education Act
  • Chapter 25.1. Braille Instruction for Blind Students See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 25.2. Instruction for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 25.3. School Speech and Language Pathologists See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 25.4. American Sign Language See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 26. School for the Deaf See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 26.1. Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 29. Americanization Schools
  • Chapter 32. University of Rhode Island See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 32.1. The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Act See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 33. Rhode Island College See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 33.1. Community College of Rhode Island See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 35. School of Design
  • Chapter 38. Offenses Pertaining to Schools See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 39. Controversies in School Matters See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 40. Private Schools See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 40.1. Funds for Nonpublic School Record Keeping
  • Chapter 41. New England Higher Education Compact
  • Chapter 42. Education of Gifted Children See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 42.1. Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Students
  • Chapter 42.2. Rhode Island Academy for Gifted and Talented Limited English Proficient Students
  • Chapter 43. Educational Programs Under the Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
  • Chapter 44. Community Colleges See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 45. Regional Vocational Schools See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 45.1. Career and Technical Education See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 48. Educational Services to Very Young Children
  • Chapter 48.1. Certification of Personnel Providing Educational Services to Very Young Children
  • Chapter 50. Correspondence Schools, Home Study, and Related Courses
  • Chapter 52. Maintenance of Order on Campus See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 53. Rhode Island Board of Trustees on Career and Technical Education See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 53.1. Rhode Island School Improvement Team Act
  • Chapter 54. Education of Limited English Proficient Students See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 55. Educational Benefits for Persons Over Sixty
  • Chapter 56. Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance
  • Chapter 57. Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Act See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 59. Council on Postsecondary Education See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 60. Council on Elementary and Secondary Education See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 62. The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority
  • Chapter 62.1. Nursing Loan Repayment Program
  • Chapter 63. Adult Education See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 64. Residence of Children for School Purposes
  • Chapter 65. Continuing Education for Legislators
  • Chapter 66. The Rhode Island School Staff Institute
  • Chapter 67. Rhode Island Literacy and Dropout Prevention Act See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 67.1. Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007 See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 67.2. Education of Children with Dyslexia and Related Disorders
  • Chapter 69. 60/40 Funding of Public Schools See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 70. The College Crusade Scholarship See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 71. The Rhode Island Educational Records Bill of Rights
  • Chapter 72. Rhode Island Challenge Grants Act See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 73. Education -- Social Services See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 73.1. School Social Workers Quality Assessment Act
  • Chapter 74. Guaranteed Student Entitlement See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 76. Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
  • Chapter 76.1. Harassment at Institutions of Higher Education
  • Chapter 76.2. Alcohol and/or Drug Use Amnesty for Reporters of Incidents of Violence at Institutions of Higher Education
  • Chapter 77. Establishment of Charter Public Schools See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 77.1. Funding of Charter Public Schools See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 77.2. District Charter School See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 77.3. Independent Charter Schools See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 77.4. Mayoral Academies See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 78. Allergic Emergencies in Institutions of Higher Education
  • Chapter 80. The Rhode Island School-To-Career Transition Act of 1996
  • Chapter 81. Right to A Safe School in Higher Education
  • Chapter 82. The Rhode Island Urban Education Act of 1998
  • Chapter 83. The Rhode Island Middle School Reform Act of 2004
  • Chapter 84. Public Higher Education Academic Excellence and Student Access Endowment Incentive Program See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 85. Lindsay Ann Burke Act
  • Chapter 86. Rhode Island Community Supports Academy See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 87. Rhode Island Prekindergarten Education Act
  • Chapter 88. Rhode Island After School and Summer Learning Program Act
  • Chapter 89. Uniform School District Grant, Gift and Donation Acceptance and Expenditure Act of 2009
  • Chapter 90. High School Outcomes Improvement Act of 2009 See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 91. School and Youth Programs Concussion Act
  • Chapter 91.1. The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act
  • Chapter 92. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
  • Chapter 93. Holocaust and Genocide Education in Secondary Schools See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 93.1. Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission
  • Chapter 94. The Rhode Island Family Engagement Advisory Council See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 95. The Recovery High Schools Act See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 96. The College and Career Success for All Students Act See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 97. The Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 97.1. Education Accountability Act
  • Chapter 98. Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act See Title 16 Chapter 97 -- the Rhode Island Board of Education Act
  • Chapter 99. Full-Day Kindergarten Accessibility Act
  • Chapter 100. Dual Enrollment Equal Opportunity Act
  • Chapter 101. Academic Credit for Military Service
  • Chapter 102. The Rhode Island Teachers’ Advisory Council
  • Chapter 103. Student Social Media Privacy
  • Chapter 104. Student Data-Cloud Computing
  • Chapter 105. School Building Authority
  • Chapter 106. The Performance Incentive Funding Act of 2016
  • Chapter 107. Rhode Island Promise Scholarship
  • Chapter 108. All Students Count Act
  • Chapter 109. Student Journalists’ Freedom of Expression Act
  • Chapter 110. African American History Education
  • Chapter 111. School Waste Recycling and Refuse Disposal

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