Chapter 373

2005 -- S 1168 AS AMENDED

Enacted 07/19/05

A N A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Introduced By: Senators Felag, Paiva-Weed, Bates, Gibbs, and C Levesque

Date Introduced: June 16, 2005

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 16-3.1-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-3.1 entitled

"Cooperative Service Among School Districts" is hereby amended to read as follows:

16-3.1-10. Regional center collaborative -- East Bay educational collaborative. --

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the school

committees of the cities and towns of Barrington, Bristol, East Providence, Little Compton,

Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, Tiverton, and Warren are authorized and empowered to

continue and/or initiate cooperative efforts to provide educational programs and/or services on a

collaborative basis. The various school committees may assign and delegate to their respective

school committee chairs or designee or superintendents of schools or designee, acting as a

regional board of directors, any duties, responsibilities, and powers that the committees may

deem necessary for the conduct, administration, and management of the East Bay educational

collaborative.

Notwithstanding the above enumerated powers, duties and responsibilities referred to

above and in chapter 16-3.1, the East Bay Educational Collaborative, as a nonprofit corporation

incorporated pursuant to the R.I. Nonprofit Corporation Act (RI Gen Laws section 7-6-1, et seq.),

shall have the authority to:

(1) Purchase, take, receive, lease, take by gift, devise, or bequest, or otherwise acquire,

own, hold, improve, use and otherwise deal in and with real estate, including their current site

location, to wit, 317 Market Street, Warren, Rhode Island, or such other site as meets the

administrative and/or operational needs of the East Bay Educational Collaborative, subject to the

approval of five (5) of the eight (8) school committees of the member districts of the collaborative

or a majority of the school committees that are members of the collaborative at the time.

(2) Sell, convey, mortgage, finance, bond, lend, lease, exchange, transfer, and otherwise

dispose of all or any part of its property and assets, both real or personal, subject to the approval

of five (5) of the eight (8) school committees of the member districts of the collaborative or a

majority of the school committees that are members of the collaborative at the time.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.     

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