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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- KINDERGARTEN

     Introduced By: Representatives DaSilva, Hearn, Edwards, Johnston, and Tanzi

     Date Introduced: January 17, 2012

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 16-2 of the General Laws entitled "School Committees and

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Superintendents" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     16-2-28.3. Kindergarten -- Hours of instruction -- School day. -- Notwithstanding any

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provisions of the general or public laws or rule or regulation to the contrary, a kindergarten

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school day must contain at least five and one half (5 ½) hours (three hundred thirty (330)

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minutes) of actual school work excluding lunch, recess periods, common planning time, pre and

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post school teacher time, study halls, homeroom periods, student passing time and any other time

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that is not actual instructional time. Student advisory periods may be counted as instructional

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time. The commissioner has discretion to decide whether other school programs may be counted

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as instructional time.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- KINDERGARTEN

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     This act would require a minimum amount of 5½ hours of actual school work for

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kindergarten students.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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