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2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 16 - Education
Chapter 16-38 - Offenses Pertaining to Schools [See Title 16 Chapter 97 – The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Section 16-38-1 - Discrimination because of race or age.
RI Gen L § 16-38-1 (2013) What's This?
§ 16-38-1 Discrimination because of race or age. – No person shall be excluded from any public school on account of race or color, or for being over fifteen (15) years of age, nor except by force of some general regulation applicable to all persons under the same circumstances.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-1.)
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