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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0746 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001468 |
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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 -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senator Samuel D. Zurier |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Labor & Gaming |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 16-7-29 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-7 entitled "Foundation 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | hereby amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 16-7-29. Minimum salary schedule. 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, every Every municipality and 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | regional school district shall establish and put into full effect by appropriate action of its school 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | committee in a municipality or regional school district where the school committee is elected, or 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | by appropriate action of the chief executive officer, in a municipality where the school committee 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | is appointed, a salary schedule recognizing years of service, experience, and training for all certified 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | personnel regularly employed in the public schools and having no more than twelve (12) annual 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | steps. The term “school year” as applied to the salary schedule means the ten (10) calendar months 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | beginning in September and ending the following June. 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) In the Providence public school district only, the parties may negotiate alternative salary 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | schedules that do not include the provisions of section (a) of this section, and which may include 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | other bases for increased compensation including, but not limited to, bonuses for teachers willing 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | to take on greater responsibilities. 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b)(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a freeze or reduction of the monetary value of 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the steps in the salary schedule through the collective bargaining process. 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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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 -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT |
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| 55 | 55 | | *** |
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| 56 | 56 | | This act would allow a different minimum salary schedule for Providence public school 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | teachers whereby such teachers would be entitled to certain bonus and/or increased compensation 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | for taking on greater responsibilities. 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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