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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6138 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002301 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Cotter, Casimiro, Carson, Donovan, Cruz, Speakman, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Spears, Stewart, Sanchez, and Morales |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 08, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Education |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 16-33.1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-33.1 entitled 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | "Community College of Rhode Island [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Education Act]" is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 16-33.1-3. Award of degrees — Curriculum and government Award of degrees -- 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Curriculum, governance, and government. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) The board of governors education, with the approval of the president and a committee 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the faculty of the community college the faculty senate of the community college of Rhode 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Island, shall award associate degrees, certificates, and diplomas and confer honors in the same 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | manner as is customary in American junior colleges and community colleges. It shall also be the 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | duty of the president and a committee of the faculty the faculty senate of the community college of 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Rhode Island, with the approval of the board of governors education, to arrange courses of study, 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | prescribe any qualifications for the admission of students and any rules of study, exercise, 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | discipline, and government as the president and committee may deem proper. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) With the concurrence of the president, the faculty senate of the community college of 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Rhode Island has the authority to formulate policy concerning teaching and research, study, 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | exercise, discipline, governance, and government, including, but not limited to: 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) Academic standards, which includes scholastic standing, admission, dismissal policies, 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | class attendance, and grading systems; 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) The community college’s calendar; 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) Community college-wide curriculum matters and research and patent policy as they 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | may affect the faculty as a whole. 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) All policies established by the faculty senate of the community college of Rhode Island 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (the “college”) shall be made with recognition of and to support the varied student body of the 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | college, and shall seek to advance the mission of the college in servicing that student body. 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 58 | 58 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 59 | 59 | | OF |
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| 60 | 60 | | A N A C T |
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| 61 | 61 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND |
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| 62 | 62 | | *** |
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| 63 | 63 | | This act would provide that degrees, certificates, and diplomas from the community college 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of Rhode Island would be awarded by the board of education, with the approval of the president 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | and the faculty senate of the community college of Rhode Island. This act would also clarify that 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the faculty senate of the community college of Rhode Island would have authority to formulate 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | policy on teaching and research. 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 6 |
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