2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 16 Education
CHAPTER 16-25 Education of Children Who are Deaf or Blind
§ 16-25-1 Appointment of state beneficiaries at special institutions.

§ 16-25-1 Appointment of state beneficiaries at special institutions. – The governor, on recommendation of the department of elementary and secondary education and upon application of the parent or guardian, may appoint any child who is deaf, blind, or visually impaired being a legal resident of this state, who shall appear to the department to be a fit subject for education, as a state beneficiary at any suitable institution or school now established or that may be established either within or without the state, for the period that he or she may determine, within the limit of ten (10) years; provided, that he or she may, upon the special recommendation of the department, extend the period and that he or she shall have the power to revoke any appointment at any time for cause.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 85, § 1; P.L. 1896, ch. 322, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 186, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-25-1; P.L. 1963, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 89, art. 2, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 28; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 28.)