§ 16-3-3.1. Creation of regional school district planning board. (a) The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall order the creation of a regional school district planning board for the purpose of conducting a study of the feasibility of regionalization or other cooperative ventures if any of the following conditions are found to exist: (1) […]
§ 16-3-4. Creation of planning committee — Appropriations. (a) Any city or town, by majority vote of its appropriating authority, may create a special unpaid committee to be known as a regional school district planning committee, to consist of three (3) members, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the president of the city […]
§ 16-3-5. Formation of regional planning board. Regional school district planning committees from any two (2) or more cities or towns may join together to form a regional school district planning board or boards. A regional school district planning board shall organize immediately upon its formation by the election of a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary […]
§ 16-3-6. Studies and reports by planning board. It shall be the duty of the regional school district planning board to study the advisability of establishing a regional school district, its organization, operation, and control, and of constructing, maintaining, and operating a school or schools and the types of services to be performed by the […]
§ 16-3-7. Recommendations as to establishment of regional district. The regional district planning board may recommend that there shall be established a regional school district which may include all the cities or towns represented by its membership, or alternatively, any specified combination of the cities or towns. If the regional district planning board so recommends, […]
§ 16-3-7.1. Equalized representation. Any other provisions of this chapter or any other general or public law to the contrary notwithstanding, members of the regional district school committee shall be selected from voting districts as nearly equal in population as is practicable within each city or town in the district, and member cities or towns […]
§ 16-3-7.2. Transfer of North Providence school department. The North Providence school department shall be transferred from the Providence vocational area to the William E. Davies vocational area. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 298, § 1.
§ 16-3-8. Submission of agreement to board of regents for elementary and secondary education and the cities or towns. Copies of the agreement drawn by the regional district planning board in accordance with § 16-3-7 shall be submitted to the state board of regents for elementary and secondary education for review and recommendation to the […]
§ 16-3-9. Action by city or town on recommendations. Each city or town council of the respective cities or towns shall, upon receipt of a recommendation that a regional school district should be formed, and of a proposed agreement submitted in accordance with the provisions of §§ 16-3-4 to 16-3-8, and with the approval required […]
