§ 42-72.6-1. Legislative findings. The Rhode Island training school for youth (RITSY) is charged with the responsibility for the custody and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, and a permanent legislative oversight commission has found, and continues to find, grave shortcomings in the rehabilitative and educational programming at the RITSY. The general assembly finds that the failure […]
§ 42-72.6-2. Duties of director. The director of the department for children, youth, and families shall, with full and reasonable staff and community participation, prepare a detailed comprehensive educational plan for providing adequate and appropriate educational services to all residents, without exception, of RITSY, as provided by state law. This comprehensive plan shall include, but […]
§ 42-72.6-3. Implementation. The comprehensive plan shall be accompanied by a detailed implementation schedule which identifies the stages of implementation, barriers to successful and necessary reform, specific strategies to be employed to overcome these barriers, and financial information detailing how resources will be allocated to support systemic reform in the context of state and federal […]