Rhode Island General Laws 16-1-11. Powers of department after taking over city or town schools
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.
History of Section.
P.L. 1913, ch. 947, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2234, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 67, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 192, § 10; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-1-11.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 16-1-11
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9