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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAYORAL ACADEMIES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Ajello, McNamara, Morales, Kislak, Williams, Batista, | |
Date Introduced: March 11, 2021 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 16-77.4 of the General Laws entitled "Mayoral Academies" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 16-77.4-3.1. Legislative findings. – (a) It is the intention of the general assembly, in |
4 | enacting this legislation, to ensure that all eligible public school students have equal access and |
5 | equal opportunity to attend mayoral academies. |
6 | (b) The department of education, public school districts, and mayoral academies shall |
7 | develop policies and procedures to allow all students attending public schools in districts containing |
8 | students eligible to attend a mayoral academy ("eligible public school students") to be eligible for |
9 | a random lottery to attend the mayoral academy. |
10 | (c) In selecting students for enrollment in a mayoral academy, said mayoral academies |
11 | shall make randomized offers to public school students utilizing a confidential process set forth |
12 | herein. |
13 | (d) The department of education and public schools shall coordinate with the mayoral |
14 | academy so that all eligible public school students are assigned a number, and the mayoral academy |
15 | shall select eligible public school students according to numbers. The name and identity of the |
16 | students shall not be provided to the mayoral academy. The mayoral academy shall utilize a process |
17 | that randomly selects eligible public school students, and inform the applicable public school of |
18 | the selection. The mayoral academy shall issue invitations to said students to enroll in the mayoral |
19 | academy, and these invitations shall be forwarded to the public school, which school shall then |
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1 | forward the invitations to the students. A student may choose to accept the offer, or reject said |
2 | invitation. In the event a student rejects the invitation to enroll, another student shall be selected |
3 | utilizing the same process, until all available slots for students are filled; provided, that mayoral |
4 | academies shall offer an equal number of enrollments to students from urban and non-urban |
5 | communities. |
6 | (e) The parent and/or guardian of a student may inform the public school that they do not |
7 | want their child considered for placement in a mayoral academy. In such event, the public school |
8 | shall inform the mayoral academy of the parent or guardian’s decision, and said student shall not |
9 | be included in the selection process. |
10 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAYORAL ACADEMIES | |
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1 | This act would require mayoral academies to use a random selection process to select |
2 | eligible public school students who would be invited to attend the mayoral academy. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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