2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 16 - Education
Chapter 16-95 - The Recovery High Schools Act
Chapter 16-95-4 - Transfer of aid.

§ 16-95-4 Transfer of aid. – (a) Any school district in Rhode Island that may have a student or students who are currently or were last enrolled in said district and who are considered by the sending district to be both clinically and academically appropriate for referral to a Rhode Island recovery high school may be referred for voluntary enrollment in such school. If said student is admitted to said school, the sending school district shall ensure that payment pursuant to subsection (b) herein for students who attend the recovery high school is paid, and further, that upon completion of all other graduation requirements, said student or students shall receive a diploma.

(b) A sending school district shall transfer the per pupil allotment it receives pursuant to chapter 16-7.2 ("The Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act") to a recovery high school for any student attending the recovery high school and meeting the following criteria: (1) The student is currently enrolled in the district or currently resides in the municipality in which the district is located; (2) The student is considered by a clinician licensed pursuant to 42-35, to be clinically appropriate, using the criteria for substance use disorders as defined in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders IV-TR; and (3) The student meets all matriculation criteria as outlined by the sending district and the department of elementary and secondary education, with determination of academic eligibility based on existing documentation provided by the district. The district and the recovery high school shall arrange to confer a diploma when a student completes state and district-mandated graduation requirements. The local share of education funding shall be paid to the recovery high school in the same manner as the local share of education funding is paid to charter public schools, the William M. Davies, Jr. Career and Technical High School, and the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, as outlined in § 16-7.2-5.

(c) A recovery high school shall submit to the board of regents academic data considered necessary by the board to provide information regarding each student's academic performance, subject to applicable health confidentiality laws and regulations.

(d) The board of regents, in consultation with the department of behavioral health, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement and carry out the intent of this chapter.

History of Section.
(P.L. 2011, ch. 331, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 388, § 1.)