Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-1-11 (2026)

Powers of department after taking over city or town schools

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For the purposes of this section and §§ 16-1-10 and 16-5-22, the department of elementary and secondary education shall be subrogated to all the powers and functions of the city or town school committee, including the right to draw orders upon the city or town treasurer for the payment for the support of the public schools of the city or town of any money in the city or town treasury required by law to be accredited to the public school account. The department of elementary and secondary education may also apportion to or expend for the support of the public schools of the city or town any part of the annual appropriation for public schools provided by § 16-4-5 as shall not be apportioned for other purposes, or the whole, or any part of the annual appropriation as the general assembly shall make for the purposes of this section and §§ 16-1-10 and 16-5-22.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1975–2012 · leading case: City of Cent. Falls v. Cent. Falls Teachers' Union, Rhode Island Council 94, Local 1627, 468 B.R. 36 (Bankr. D.R.I. 2012).

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City of Cent. Falls v. Cent. Falls Teachers' Union, Rhode Island Council 94, Local 1627, 468 B.R. 36 (Bankr. D.R.I. 2012). · cites it 3× “R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-1-11 states: 75 For the purposes of this section and §§ 16-1-10 and 16-5-22, the department of elementary and secondary education shall be subrogated to all the powers and functions of the city or town school committee, including the right to draw orders upon…”

Panzarella v. Boyle, 406 F. Supp. 787 (D.R.I. 1975). · cites it 2× “§ 16 — 1—10 to request that the state, through the department of education, assume control and management of the public schools. Even if the department does assume management, it is authorized to draw only upon those municipal funds “required by law to be accredited to the…”

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