2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 16 Education
CHAPTER 16-40 Private Schools
§ 16-40-16 Student records.
§ 16-40-16 Student records. – (a) In the event that a private school shall close, provision must be made for continued access to student academic and attendance records. Records of elementary school students shall be sent to the receiving school, except that records of elementary and secondary parochial schools shall be sent to the catholic school office.
(b) When a private secondary school closes, the school shall obtain the approval of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education as to the disposition of the attendance and academic records of the students.
(c) Within thirty (30) days of the closing of a private postsecondary school, the person having care, custody and control of the records shall obtain the approval of the commissioner of higher education as to the disposition of student records.
(d) The department of elementary and secondary education and the office of higher education may promulgate regulations for the custody and disposition of student records of private schools that cease operation.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1987, ch. 320, § 1.)
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