§ 16-21-23.2. Threat assessment teams and oversight committees. (a) Each local school board or committee shall adopt written policies for the establishment of threat assessment teams, including the assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior may pose a threat to the safety of school staff or students consistent with the model policies developed by […]
§ 16-21-24. Requirements of school safety plans, school emergency response plans, and school crisis response plans. (a) School safety plans, as required by this chapter, shall address, but not to be limited to, prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The school safety plans shall include, at a minimum, the following policies and procedures: (1) Appropriate […]
§ 16-21-25. Review of school safety plans — Exemption from open meetings and public records requirements. (a) Each city, town, or regional department school safety plan and school emergency response plans shall be reviewed on an annual basis by the school committee and updated annually. These reviews and updates shall be completed by November 1 […]
§ 16-21-26. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 204, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 213, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 220, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 162, § 4, and by P.L. 2011, ch. 178, § 4, effective June 30, 2011.
§ 16-21-27. Alternative education programs. Each school district shall adopt a plan to ensure continued education of students who are removed from the classroom because of a suspension of more than ten (10) days or who are chronically truant. The plan shall be adopted by the school committee and shall be submitted to Rhode Island […]
§ 16-21-28. Health and wellness subcommittee. (a) The school committee of each school district shall establish a district-wide coordinated school health and wellness subcommittee chaired by a member of the full school committee. The subcommittee will make recommendations regarding the district’s health education curriculum and instruction, physical education curriculum and instruction, and nutrition and physical […]
§ 16-21-28.1. Legislative findings. (a) Approximately one in five hundred (500) school children have diabetes. Individuals with diabetes need to manage their diabetes carefully to keep their blood glucose levels within target range. (b) High blood glucose levels contribute to medical complications, such as blindness, kidney failure, amputations and cardiovascular disease, while severely low blood […]
§ 16-21-28.2. Requirements for glucagon administration in a school setting. (a) The department of elementary and secondary education and the department of health shall incorporate into their policies, rules and regulations for addressing incidents of hypoglycemia resulting in unconsciousness, seizure and/or the inability to swallow in order to provide for the health and safety of […]
§ 16-21-28.3. Performance standards. The department of health, in conjunction with the American diabetes association, and the Rhode Island chapter of American academy of pediatrics, shall develop performance standards and guidelines for the training and supervision of personnel, other than the school nurse, who provide emergency medical assistance to students under this section. Such personnel […]
§ 16-21-28.4. Immunity for those using glucagon. No school teacher, school administrator, school health care personnel, person employed on behalf of the school, any other school personnel, nor any local educational authority shall be liable for civil damages which may result from acts or omissions in use of glucagon which may constitute ordinary negligence. This […]
§ 16-21-28.5. Training of school personnel. Training on the administration of epinephrine or glucagon for school personnel, or those employed on behalf of the school, shall not be considered the delegation of nursing practice. History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 243, § 1.
§ 16-21-28.6. Administration. The administration of epinephrine or glucagon by school personnel, or those employed on behalf of the school, shall not be considered the practice of nursing. History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 243, § 1.
§ 16-21-29. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 234, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. 529, § 2, effective August 11, 2016.
§ 16-21-3. Standards for school building. (a) The state building codes standards committee, the state fire marshal, the state health department, and the department of labor and training — division of occupational health and safety shall determine whether the school buildings in the several cities and towns or on state property conform to appropriate state […]
§ 16-21-3.1. Approval. (a) It shall be the duty of the superintendent of schools, private school official, or in the case of state operated schools, the responsibility of the director of the state operated school, to ensure that schools are not opened until notification is received from the aforementioned agencies that the schools are in […]
§ 16-21-30. Dating violence policy. (a) As used in this section: (1) “At school” means in a classroom, on or immediately adjacent to school premises, on a school bus or other school-related vehicle, at an official school bus stop, or at any school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is on school grounds. (2) […]
§ 16-21-31. Notice of peanut/tree nut allergies — Posting. (a) In any school subject to the provisions of this chapter wherein a student with an allergy to peanuts/tree nuts and/or food derived from peanut/tree nuts products is in attendance, a notice shall be posted within that school building in a conspicuous place at every point […]
§ 16-21-32. Peanut/tree nut allergies. (a) The governing body of each elementary, middle or junior high school approved for the purpose of §§ 16-19-1 and 16-19-2, shall develop a policy designed to provide a safe environment for students with peanut/tree nut allergies. When a school is aware that an enrolled student has a peanut/tree nut […]
§ 16-21-33. Safe schools act. (a) Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Bullying” means the use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic expression or a physical act or gesture or any combination thereof directed at a student that: (i) Causes physical or emotional harm to the student or damage […]
§ 16-21-33.1. Automatic external defibrillators. (a) Legislative findings: (1) Approximately three hundred twenty-five thousand (325,000) Americans suffer sudden cardiac arrest (“SCA”) each year and more than ninety-five percent (95%) of them die before reaching the hospital; (2) In the population of Rhode Island, an estimated one thousand (1,000) residents will die of cardiac arrest every […]
