Chapter 16-2 - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
- Section 16-2-1 - Cities included as towns
- Section 16-2-2 - City and town schools required - school year - location - kindergartens
- Section 16-2-3 - Emergency reduction of school year
- Section 16-2-4 - [Repealed]
- Section 16-2-5 - Composition of city or town school committees - election and terms of members - vacancies
- Section 16-2-5.1 - Professional development
- Section 16-2-6 - Chairperson and clerk of city or town committee
- Section 16-2-7 - Distribution of documents and blanks by clerk
- Section 16-2-8 - Regular meetings of committee
- Section 16-2-9 - General powers and duties of school committees
- Section 16-2-9.1 - Code of basic management principles and ethical school standards
- Section 16-2-9.2 - Joint purchasing agreements
- Section 16-2-9.3 - The advisory council on school finances
- Section 16-2-9.4 - School district accounting compliance
- Section 16-2-9.5 - Other post-employment benefits - OPEB trusts
- Section 16-2-9.6 - Joint purchasing agreements for technology and it infrastructure
- Section 16-2-10 - Certification of superintendents
- Section 16-2-11 - General powers and duties of superintendent
- Section 16-2-11.1 - General powers and duties of school principals
- Section 16-2-12 - Joint superintendent employed by two or more cities or towns
- Section 16-2-13 - Joint committee - Annual convention - Superintendent - Dissolution
- Section 16-2-14 - [Repealed]
- Section 16-2-15 - Location of schools - Control of property
- Section 16-2-15.1 - Pawtucket school committee - Abandonment, closing, reopening, or acquisition of school buildings - Public hearings
- Section 16-2-16 - Rules and regulations - Curriculum
- Section 16-2-17 - Right to a safe school
- Section 16-2-17.1 - In school suspensions
- Section 16-2-18 - Selection of teachers and superintendent - General control of schools - Expenses
- Section 16-2-18.1 - Criminal records review
- Section 16-2-18.2 - Prior criminal records checks
- Section 16-2-18.3 - Rules and regulations
- Section 16-2-18.4 - Criminal records review for volunteers
- Section 16-2-18.5 - Prior criminal records checks for school volunteers
- Section 16-2-19 - Children attending in adjoining cities or towns
- Section 16-2-20 - Visitation and examination of schools
- Section 16-2-21 - Pre-budget consultation - annual reports - appropriation requests - budgets
- Section 16-2-21.1 - [Repealed]
- Section 16-2-21.2 - Three-year budget forecasting process
- Section 16-2-21.3 - Meetings with city and town councils
- Section 16-2-21.4 - School budgets - Compliance with certain requirements
- Section 16-2-21.5 - Notification of state school aid to school districts
- Section 16-2-21.6 - Collective bargaining fiscal impact statements
- Section 16-2-22 - [Repealed]
- Section 16-2-23 - Expenditures pending annual appropriation
- Section 16-2-24 - Survey of city or town schools
- Section 16-2-25 - Distribution of powers in Providence and Cranston
- Section 16-2-26 - Special statutes prevailing
- Section 16-2-27 - Eligibility for attendance - kindergarten
- Section 16-2-28 - [Repealed]
- Section 16-2-28.1 - Regulations
- Section 16-2-28.2 - Kindergarten multiple sessions
- Section 16-2-29 - [Repealed]
- Section 16-2-30 - School lunch programs
- Section 16-2-31 - School crossing guard equipment
- Section 16-2-32 - Policy manual for school committee
- Section 16-2-33 - City of Woonsocket - Compensation to school committee members
- Section 16-2-33.1 - City of Woonsocket - School dress code
- Section 16-2-33.2 - City of Central Falls - School dress code
- Section 16-2-34 - Central Falls School District board of trustees
- Section 16-2-35 - The Middletown public schools sponsorship program
- Section 16-2-36 - Orientation
- Section 16-2-37 - Excused absences to include participation in agricultural fairs