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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 - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT

     Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, DiPalma, Cote, and Doyle

     Date Introduced: January 18, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Education

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 16-2-33.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-2 entitled "School

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Committees and Superintendents" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     16-2-33.1. City of Woonsocket -- School dress code School dress code. -- The

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Woonsocket Any school committee, in conjunction with the superintendent, may adopt a school

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dress code for Woonsocket its elementary, middle and high school students; provided, that:

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      (1) the The principal, staff and parents have had an opportunity to offer suggestions and

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comments;

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      (2) the The dress code shall be adopted at a time determined by the school committee,

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and the school committee shall give notice to the parents three (3) months before a dress code is

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required; and

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      (3) that That on days when a nationally recognized youth organization has a scheduled

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function students participating in this organization shall be exempt from the dress code on that

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day. ; and

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     (4) A dress code may include school uniforms.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT

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     This act would authorize all school committees in the state to adopt a school dress code,

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including school uniforms.

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      This act would take effect upon passage.

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