(a) There is created a council on elementary and secondary education which shall be and
is constituted a public corporation, empowered to sue and be sued in its own name,
to have a corporate seal, and to exercise all the powers, in addition to those specifically
enumerated in this chapter, usually appertaining to public corporations entrusted
with control of elementary and secondary education institutions and functions. The
council on elementary and secondary education shall be protected from sudden changes
in membership and reversal of policy by having staggered terms for its public members.
(b) Upon its organization the council on elementary and secondary education shall be invested
with the legal title (in trust for the state) to all property, real and personal,
now owned by and/or under the control or in the custody of the board of regents for
education for the use of the department of elementary and secondary education. The
council on elementary and secondary education is made successor to all powers, rights,
duties, and privileges pertaining to elementary and secondary education.
(c) The council on elementary and secondary education is made successor to all powers,
rights, duties, and privileges formerly belonging to the board of regents for elementary
and secondary education, unless otherwise specified in law.
Notes of Decisions
Asadoorian v. Warwick Sch. Comm., 691 A.2d 573 (R.I. 1997).
“It also has the duty “[t]o enforce the provisions of all laws relating to elementary and secondary education,” § 16-60—4(9)(vii), and “[t]o decide and determine appeals from decisions of the commissioner,” § 16-60-4(9)(viii). Similarly, it is the duty of the commissioner to…”
Audet v. Bd. of Regents for Elementary & Secondary Educ., 606 F. Supp. 423 (D.R.I. 1985).
· cites it 2× “The Board, a creature of the state legislature, see R.I.Gen.Laws § 16-60-1 (1981), is a public corporation which has been given sweeping powers to manage the course of elementary and secondary education within the state.”
Audet v. Bd. of Regents for Elem. & Sec. Educ., 606 F. Supp. 423 (D.R.I. 1985).
· cites it 2× “The Board, a creature of the state legislature, see R.I.Gen.Laws § 16-60-1 (1981), is a public corporation which has been given sweeping powers to manage the course of elementary and secondary education within the state.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-60-1(a) — 1 case
Asadoorian v. Warwick Sch. Comm., 691 A.2d 573 (R.I. 1997).
“It also has the duty “[t]o enforce the provisions of all laws relating to elementary and secondary education,” § 16-60—4(9)(vii), and “[t]o decide and determine appeals from decisions of the commissioner,” § 16-60-4(9)(viii). Similarly, it is the duty of the commissioner to…”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-60-1(c) — 1 case
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