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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION - MAYORAL ACADEMIES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lombardi, Miller, McCaffrey, Jabour, and Crowley | |
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Date Introduced: February 13, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Education | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 16-77.4-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-77.4 entitled |
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"Mayoral Academies" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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16-77.4-1. Entities eligible to apply to become a mayoral academy. -- (a) A "mayoral |
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academy" means a charter school created by a mayor of any city or town within the State of |
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Rhode Island, acting by or through a nonprofit organization established for said purpose |
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(regardless of the time said nonprofit organization is in existence), which enrolls students from |
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more than one city or town including both urban and non-urban communities and which offers an |
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equal number of enrollments to students on a lottery basis; provided, further, that such mayoral |
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academies shall have a board of trustees or directors which is comprised of representatives from |
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each included city or town and is chaired by a mayor of an included city or town. For purposes of |
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this chapter the term "mayor" shall include any elected town administrator. |
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(b) No child shall be required to attend a mayoral academy nor shall any teacher be |
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required to teach in a mayoral academy. The school committee of the district in which a mayoral |
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academy is located shall make accommodations to facilitate the transfer of students who do not |
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wish to participate in a mayoral academy into other public schools. It shall also make |
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accommodations for those students who wish to transfer into the mayoral academy as space |
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permits. If the total number of students who are eligible to attend and apply to a mayoral academy |
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is greater than the number of spaces available, the mayoral academy shall conduct a lottery to |
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determine which students shall be admitted. |
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(c) A "mayoral academy" charter school application shall not be approved by the board of |
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education unless the school committee and the applicable city or town council of each included |
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municipality supports the mayoral academy's charter school application. Such support shall be |
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provided either by resolution or ordinance, after at least one public hearing. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would provide that a mayoral academy charter school's application would not be |
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approved by the board of education unless the school committee and the city or town council of |
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each included municipality also supported the application. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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