Rhode Island General Laws Title 16. Education § 16-80-5. Local partnerships

(1) Be integrated with education reform and school improvement efforts;

(2) Offer opportunities for all students to participate in education and training programs that will prepare students for high skill, high wage careers and result in certification of knowledge and skills through a process such as a certificate of initial mastery and a certificate of advanced mastery recognized by both the education and business communities;

(3) Increase opportunities for continuing education, two (2) year or four (4) year colleges and other technical education experiences;

(4) Engage families in multiple roles to support and enhance opportunities for children to transition from school to work and to develop in-depth partnerships with businesses, colleges, families and community organizations to offer technical and substantive student workplace experiences for schools;

(5) Be part of the state's comprehensive education reform;

(6) Be integrated with the state's school-to-work plan;

(7) Be integrated with the state's workforce development plan and economic reform initiative;

(8) Offer opportunities for all students to participate in performance-based education and training programs that will:

(9) Utilize workplace as active learning environments in the educational process by making employers and labor organizations joint partners with educators in providing opportunities for all students to participate in high quality, work-based learning experiences;

(10) Build on and advance existing promising practices;

(11) Be integrated with the local partnerships established through the local educational collaboratives and their transition centers.