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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0065 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000897 |
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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 -- RESIDENCE OF CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 01, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Education |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 16-64-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-64 entitled "Residence 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Children for School Purposes" is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 16-64-5. Children under care and control of state agency Children under care and 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | control of state agency - Transportation costs. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | In cases where the director of a Rhode Island state agency considers it likely that a child 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | under his or her care and control will be subject to a short term placement or series of short term 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | placements, the director may petition the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | designate the child's original city or town of residence as having continuing responsibility for the 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | child's education. This designation shall be effective for period not greater than two (2) months 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | unless an extension is granted by the commissioner. In cases where the department of children, 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | youth and families has determined that it is in the child's best interest to remain in the school in 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | which the child is enrolled at the time of placement, the department of elementary and secondary 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | education and the department of children, youth and families shall each pay fifty percent (50%) of 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the out-of-district transportation costs for the aforesaid child. Nothing contained in this section shall 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | be construed to prohibit any school system from providing transportation for the child without 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | charge. Disputes under this section including disputes relating to transportation shall be resolved 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | in accordance with ยง 16-64-6. 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | LC000897 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 51 | 51 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 52 | 52 | | OF |
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| 53 | 53 | | A N A C T |
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| 54 | 54 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RESIDENCE OF CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES |
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| 55 | 55 | | *** |
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| 56 | 56 | | This act would require the department of elementary and secondary education and the 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | department of children, youth and families to each pay fifty percent (50%) of the out-of-district 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | transportation costs for children allowed to remain in the school where the child is enrolled at the 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | time of placement. 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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