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From the ECS State Policy Database - Highlighted Policies


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This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the state.

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SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 07/2011

Career/Technical Education


P-12
Career and Technical Reporting Metrics
H.B. 6219
Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to promulgate regulations pertaining to career and technical education and to report annually to the House and Senate on the following:
     (1) The total number of students attending career and tec...

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Signed into law 11/2009

High School--Advanced Placement


Postsec.,
Community College
Bachelors Degree in Three
H.B. 5286
Authorizes the Bachelors Degree in Three program, a new educational initiative designed to expedite the process so that students can earn a bachelor's degree at a state college or university within 3 years; requires the establishment of a credit transfer polic...

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Signed into law 11/2009

Postsecondary Success--Completion


Postsec.
Bachelors Degree in Three
S.B. 1052
Authorizes the Bachelors Degree in Three program, a new educational initiative designed to expedite the process so that students can earn a bachelors degree at a state college or university within three years. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext09/senatetext...

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Passed 11/2009

Teaching Quality--Preparation


P-12
Blueprint for a New Generation of Teacher Education
H.B. 5896
(Joint Resolution) Creates a special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to study the establishment of a blueprint for a new generation of teacher education. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext09/housetext09/h5896a.pdf...

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Signed into law 07/2009

Finance--District


P-12
Grants, Gifts and Donations
S.B. 944
Allows school districts, school departments and school committees to accept grants, gifts and donations from individuals, entities and governmental subdivisions for purposes as specified by the donor and to keep such funds in a restricted receipt account inter...

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Signed into law 07/2008

Special Education


P-12
Students with Disabilities
H.B. 7715
Excerpt: (b) Notwithstanding any other federal or state law or regulation, the school committee where a parentally placed child who has or develops a disability in private school resides, shall provide the child with the same free and appropriate education as ...

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Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004

Middle School


P-12
Middle Schools Performance
H.B. 7154
Would require school committees in every city and town to initiate policies to improve the educational performance of its middle schools. ...

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