Rhode Island General Laws Title 16. Education § 16-2.1-2. Powers and duties

(a) The commission is empowered to appoint committees to study specialized areas of concern and to report their findings and recommendations to the commission; provided, however, that one of these committees shall be a Rhode Island history committee.

(b) All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish advice and information, documentary and otherwise, to the commission and its agents as may be necessary or desirable to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.

(c) The commission shall report its findings and/or recommendations to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.

(d) Eight (8) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

(e) The commission shall meet at least two (2) times per year.