§ 16-29-1. Establishment of free evening schools. One or more public evening schools, in which attendance shall be free for persons resident in the city or town in which the school shall be located, and in which the speaking, reading, and writing of the English language shall be taught for two (2) hours on each […]
§ 16-29-10. Enforcement of attendance requirement. The truant officer or truant officers appointed by the school committee in compliance with the provisions of § 16-19-3 shall, under the direction of the school committee, inquire into all cases of irregular attendance or of failure or neglect to attend upon instruction in compliance with the requirements of […]
§ 16-29-11. Establishment of home and community classes. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum as it may deem necessary for the promotion of home and community classes in any city or town for instruction in the use of the English language, in the common rights and obligations of citizenship, and in the fundamental […]
§ 16-29-12. Teachers for home classes — Joint maintenance by two or more towns. When in any city or town a class of twenty (20) or more persons has been organized in accordance with the provisions of § 16-29-11, the school committee shall provide a teacher for this class, and pay the expenses of instruction […]
§ 16-29-13. Attendance at home classes. Attendance upon any class shall not be obligatory, but where there is a day or evening school maintained by a city or town in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, no resident of the city or town under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be allowed to attend […]
§ 16-29-14. State home class supervisor — Expenditures. The department of elementary and secondary education shall appoint a home class supervisor whose duty it shall be to recruit, organize, supervise, and teach classes authorized by §§ 16-29-11 through 16-29-13, and to cooperate with the school committee of any city or town in the establishment and […]
§ 16-29-2. Day continuation schools. The school committee of any city or town may establish and maintain one or more public day continuation schools for the teaching of the English language and American citizenship, at which any person beyond compulsory school age, resident in the city or town, may attend free of expense, or may […]
§ 16-29-3. Schools in shops and factories. For the purpose of this chapter day continuation or evening schools may be established in shops or factories; provided, that these schools are under control and supervision of the school committee. History of Section.P.L. 1919, ch. 1802, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 80, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. […]
§ 16-29-4. Notice to department of schools established. The superintendent of schools of every city or town shall annually, on or before the first day of October, notify the department of elementary and secondary education in writing of the number and location and hours of session of schools established and maintained by the school committee […]
§ 16-29-5. State support of public schools. Public evening schools and day continuation schools established under the provisions of this chapter may, if approved by the department of elementary and secondary education, receive state support from the annual appropriations for evening schools and industrial education. History of Section.P.L. 1919, ch. 1802, § 5; G.L. 1923, […]
§ 16-29-6. Visitation and supervision by department of elementary and secondary education. The department of elementary and secondary education is authorized and empowered to provide for the visitation, inspection, and supervision of day and evening schools maintained under the provisions of this chapter, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it may […]
§ 16-29-7. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1919, ch. 1802, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 80, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 196, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-29-7; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 92, § 1, effective July 8, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 126, § 1, effective July […]
§ 16-29-8. Private instruction in lieu of required attendance. Attendance in private schools or private instruction in the English language may be accepted as compliance with this chapter in lieu of attendance on public instruction only if the private instruction is approved by the school committee as substantially equivalent in content, method, and the hours […]
§ 16-29-9. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1919, ch. 1802, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 80, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 196, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-29-9; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 92, § 1, effective July 8, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 126, § 1, effective July […]
