Chapter
353
2007 -- H 6440
Enacted 07/05/07
A N A
C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION
-- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Introduced By:
Representatives Winfield, Pacheco, Church, Gorham, and Baldelli-Hunt
Date Introduced: May 29,
2007
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 16-3.1-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-3.1 entitled
"Cooperative
Service Among School Districts" is hereby amended to read as follows:
16-3.1-8.
Regional center collaborative -- Northern Rhode Island. --
Notwithstanding
the
provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the school committees
of the cities
and
towns of Lincoln, Cumberland, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket, Smithfield,
North
Smithfield,
North Providence, Johnston, Foster, Glocester, Foster-Glocester regional school
district,
and Burrillville are authorized and empowered to continue and/or initiate
cooperative
efforts
to provide special education programs and diagnostic services required by law
or
regulation,
to utilize technology, including without limitation television, to provide
limited
interest
curriculum, and to provide programs for the gifted and talented, all 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,
any duties, responsibilities, and powers that the committees may deem necessary
for the
conduct,
administration, and management of the regional center collaborative of northern
Rhode
Island.
The
Northern Rhode Island Collaborative, as a nonprofit corporation, shall have all
the
powers
provided in the R.I. Nonprofit Corporation Act (RI Gen. Laws section 7-6-1, et
seq):
(1)
To purchase, take, receive, lease, take by gift, or otherwise acquire, own,
hold,
mortgage,
finance, improve, and use a certain parcel of realty and fixtures thereon
located at 300
George
Washington Highway, Smithfield, Rhode Island, and any parcels of realty
contiguous
thereto.
(2)To
create a wholly-owned subsidiary entity for the purpose of facilitating any of
the
powers,
duties and responsibilities referred to above.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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