Chapter 248
2024 -- S 2974
Enacted 06/24/2024

A N   A C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID

Introduced By: Senators Lauria, Murray, Bissaillon, DiMario, Britto, Acosta, Ciccone, DiPalma, Gallo, and Cano

Date Introduced: April 05, 2024

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Section 16-8-10.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-8 entitled "Federal Aid
[See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby amended to read
as follows:
     16-8-10.2. Mandatory contract terms.
     No school board or school receiving aid under this chapter for school lunch programs shall
negotiate, extend, or renew any school lunch service contract unless the contract provides for
payments to school-lunch workers and aides for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length
of the contract for the school year, exclusive of paid time off, including vacation days, or other
forms of compensatory time off, whichever is longer.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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