Rhode Island § 16-2-24 - School Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
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§ 16-2-24. School Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-2-24
§ 16-2-24. Survey of city or town schools.
The state board of regents for elementary and secondary education may make or cause to be made a survey of the public schools of any city or town, and shall make the survey upon the request of the school committee of any city or town; provided, that the school committee shall share one-half (½) the cost of any survey that it requests and the state department of elementary and secondary education shall also share half of the cost. The board of regents for elementary and secondary education shall include in its annual report to the general assembly a summary of its findings upon the surveys with the recommendations as shall seem advisable.
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 63, § 21; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 65, § 6; G.L. 1938,
ch. 176, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-2-24; P.L. 1962,
ch. 35, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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