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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0216 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000891 |
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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 -- CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Pearson, DiPalma, Euer, Felag, Valverde, Lawson, and |
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| 17 | 17 | | Zurier |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 16-45.1 of the General Laws entitled "Career and Technical 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended by adding thereto the following section: 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 16-45.1-4. Career and technical education tuition formula. 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) The department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with a 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | workgroup as described in subsection (c) of this section, shall develop a formula for calculating 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | tuition to career and technical education programs to be paid by the sending district. Said formula 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | shall be developed and a copy provided to the chairs of the senate committee on education and the 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | house committee on education no later than December 31, 2024. 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) The tuition of all career and technical programs shall be posted on the school district's 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | website if the district operates a program or school that receives tuition for a career and technical 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | program. The sending school district shall remit tuition to the district that operates the career and 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | technical program. The provisions of ยง 16-45-10 shall be applicable to this section. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) The department shall convene a workgroup, including, but not limited to, 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | representatives from career and technical schools, the Rhode Island School Superintendents' 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Association, the Rhode Island Association of School Committees, the National Education 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Association, the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, and the Rhode 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Island Career and Technical board of trustees. The purpose of the workgroup shall be to assist the 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | department in creating a formula for calculating tuition to career and technical education programs. 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | LC000891 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 53 | 53 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 54 | 54 | | OF |
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| 55 | 55 | | A N A C T |
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| 56 | 56 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION |
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| 57 | 57 | | *** |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would provide that the department of elementary and secondary education, in 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | consultation with a workgroup composed of various stakeholders, would develop a funding formula 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | for school districts sending students to career and technical programs outside their district. 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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