2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 16 Education
CHAPTER 16-2 School Committees and Superintendents
§ 16-2-2 City and town schools required – School year – Location – Kindergartens.
§ 16-2-2 City and town schools required – School year – Location – Kindergartens. – (a) Except as specifically provided in this section, every city or town shall establish and maintain for at least one hundred eighty (180) days annually exclusive of holidays a sufficient number of schools in convenient places under the control and management of the school committee and under the supervision of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education. In lieu of convenient location the school committee may provide transportation for pupils to and from school in accordance with the provisions of chapter 21 of this title.
(b) School facilities shall include a sufficient number of kindergartens.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 54, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 66, § 1; P.L. 1914, ch. 1097, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 970, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 179, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3642, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-2-2; P.L. 1967, ch. 111, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 26.)
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