2014 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 16 - Education
Chapter 16-59 - Board of Governors for Higher Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 – The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
Section 16-59-1 - Council on Postsecondary Education established.
§ 16-59-1 Council on Postsecondary Education established. – (a) There is created a council on postsecondary education, sometimes referred to as the "council", which shall be and is constituted a public corporation, empowered to sue and be sued in its own name, and to exercise all the powers, in addition to those specifically enumerated in this chapter, usually appertaining to public corporations entrusted with control of postsecondary educational institutions and functions. Upon its organization the council shall be invested with the legal title (in trust for the state) to all property, real and personal, now owned by and/or under the control or in custody of the board of regents for education for the use of the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, Community College of Rhode Island and the system of community colleges of Rhode Island including all departments, divisions, and branches of these.
(b) The council is empowered to hold and operate the property in trust for the state; to acquire, hold, and dispose of the property and other like property as deemed necessary for the execution of its corporate purposes. The council is made successor to all powers, rights, duties, and privileges formerly belonging to the board of regents for education pertaining to postsecondary education and the board of governors for higher education.
(c) The council shall be the employer of record for higher education and the office of postsecondary education. It shall retain all authority formerly vested in the board of education regarding the employment of faculty and staff at the public higher education institutions.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 32, § 3; P.L. 1987, ch. 596, § 3; P.L. 1993, ch. 178, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 48, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 21, § 17; P.L. 2006, ch. 8, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 28, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 20, § 5.)
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