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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Bell, Mack, and Ciccone | |
Date Introduced: April 14, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 16-2-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-2 entitled "School |
2 | Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education |
3 | Act]" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
4 | 16-2-5. Composition of city or town school committees -- Election and terms of |
5 | members -- Vacancies. |
6 | The school committee of each city or town shall consist of three (3) residents of the city or |
7 | town, or of any number as at the present time constitute the committee. In cities or towns having |
8 | annual elections of city or town officers the committee shall be divided as equally as may be into |
9 | three (3) classes whose several terms of office shall expire at the end of three (3) years from the |
10 | dates of their respective elections. In cities or towns having biennial elections the committee shall |
11 | be divided as equally as may be into two (2) classes whose several terms of office shall expire at |
12 | the end of four (4) years from the dates of their respective elections. In cities or towns having |
13 | quadrennial elections the committees' terms of office shall expire on their cities' and towns' election |
14 | days and in choosing them, the vote shall be taken for the whole number of members of the |
15 | committee at the same time. As the office of each class shall become vacant, the vacancy or |
16 | vacancies shall be filled by the city or town at its regular city or town meeting for the election of |
17 | state or city or town officers, or by the city or town council at its next meeting after this. In case of |
18 | a vacancy by death, resignation, or otherwise than as is provided in this section, the vacancy shall |
19 | be filled by the city or town council until the next regular city or town meeting for the election of |
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1 | state or city or town officers, when it shall be filled for the unexpired term as is provided in this |
2 | section. This section shall not apply to the cities of Providence, Central Falls, Woonsocket, or the |
3 | Town of North Smithfield city of Central Falls. |
4 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS | |
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1 | This act would require that for cities and towns holding elections every four (4) years, the |
2 | terms of the members of the school committee would expire on election day and the vote would be |
3 | taken for the whole number of members on the same date, except for the city of Central Falls. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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