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| 7 | 7 | | LC002304 |
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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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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPER INTENDENTS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Lombardo, DiPalma, and Ciccone |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 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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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 16-2-32 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-2 entitled "School 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act]" is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 16-2-32. Policy manual for school committee. 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) All school committees in the state will have a policy manual. The policy manual will 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | have all school committee policies in writing, properly indexed, and kept up to date. The policy 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | manuals will be a source used to govern each school system. At least one policy manual will be 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | available to the faculty and staff in each school library. At least one policy manual will be available 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | for public reference at each administrative building and public library. Regularly updated policy 9 |
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| 31 | | - | manuals shall be made available to the public on the website of each school district. Provided, any 10 |
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| 32 | | - | school or school district comprehensive school safety plan regarding crisis intervention, emergency 11 |
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| 33 | | - | response, and management, including those adopted by a school committee pursuant to the 12 |
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| 34 | | - | provisions of § 16-21-23, shall be excluded from and shall not be made available to the public on 13 |
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| 35 | | - | a school or school district website. 14 |
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| 36 | | - | (b) There is appropriated the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), from money 15 |
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| 37 | | - | not otherwise appropriated, to the department of elementary and secondary education to implement 16 |
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| 38 | | - | a school committee/administrator training program. 17 |
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| 39 | | - | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 18 |
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| 31 | + | manuals shall be made available to the public on the website of each school district. 10 |
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| 32 | + | (b) There is appropriated the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), from money 11 |
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| 33 | + | not otherwise appropriated, to the department of elementary and secondary education to implement 12 |
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| 34 | + | a school committee/administrator training program. 13 |
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| 35 | + | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 14 |
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