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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5336 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001269 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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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 -- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives J. Lombardi, Hull, Felix, Cruz, Slater, and Stewart |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 07, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: House Education |
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| 19 | 19 | | (Dept. of 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 16-3.1-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-3.1 entitled 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | "Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Education Act]" is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 16-3.1-11. Urban collaborative. 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a)(1) The urban collaborative shall be governed by a board of trustees, with the exception 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | of those powers and duties reserved by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) The board of trustees of the urban collaborative shall consist of five (5) members 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | including: 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (i) The superintendent of the Providence school district, or designee; 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (ii) The superintendent, or designee, of any other Rhode Island school district(s) as may be 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | approved for inclusion by existing member districts in accordance with the urban collaborative’s 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | bylaws; and 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (iii) The council on elementary and secondary education shall appoint the remaining 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | members of the board of trustees of the urban collaborative with input from the commissioner of 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | elementary and secondary education. 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) The urban collaborative's board of trustees is Notwithstanding the provisions of any 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | general or special law to the contrary, the school committees of the cities of Providence, Pawtucket, 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | East Providence, Central Falls and other Rhode Island school districts as may be approved for 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | inclusion by existing member districts in accordance with collaborative bylaws are authorized and 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | empowered to continue and/or initiate cooperative efforts to provide alternate education programs 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and/or diagnostic services required by law or regulation for students achieving limited success in 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | traditional settings and to do all things necessary including, but not limited to utilization of 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | technology, including television, all on a collaborative basis. The various school committees may 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | assign and delegate to their respective school committee chairs or designee or superintendents of 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | schools or designee, acting as a regional board any duties, responsibilities, and powers that the 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | committees may deem necessary for the conduct, administration, and management of the urban 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | collaborative. Beginning on July 1, 2013 the urban collaborative shall be funded pursuant to the 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | provisions of § 16-7.2-3. The state share of the permanent foundation education aid shall be paid 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | directly to the urban collaborative pursuant to the provisions of § 16-7.2-7. The local school district 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | shall transfer the difference between the calculated state share of the permanent foundation 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | education aid and the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of § 16-7.2-7 to the urban 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | collaborative, until the transition of the state share is complete. In addition, the local school district 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | shall pay the local share of education funding to the urban collaborative as outlined in § 16-7.2-5. 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | The urban collaborative shall be eligible to receive other aids, grants, Medicaid revenue, 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | and any other revenue according to Rhode Island law, as though it were a school district. Federal 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | aid received by the state shall be used to benefit students in the urban collaborative, if the school 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | qualifies for the aid, as though it were a school district. 18 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 19 |
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| 69 | 69 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 70 | 70 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 71 | 71 | | OF |
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| 72 | 72 | | A N A C T |
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| 73 | 73 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS |
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| 74 | 74 | | *** |
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| 75 | 75 | | This act would amend the composition of the urban collaborative in Providence and would 1 |
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| 76 | 76 | | provide that the urban collaborative would be governed by a board of trustees. 2 |
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| 77 | 77 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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