2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 16 Education
CHAPTER 16-21.3 The Rhode Island Student Assistance Junior High/Middle School Act
§ 16-21.3-2 Junior high/middle school student assistance program.


§ 16-21.3-2 Junior high/middle school student assistance program. – (a) The department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals shall be charged with the administration of this chapter and shall contract with appropriate substance abuse prevention/intervention agencies to provide student assistance services in junior high/middle schools.

(b) Following the first complete year of operation, school systems receiving junior high/middle school student assistance services will be required to contribute twenty percent (20%) of the costs of student assistance counselors to the service provider agency in order to continue the services.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1989, ch. 486, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 418, § 3; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 14, § 9.)

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