Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 200 - Board of Education
Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education
Subchapter 05 - General and School Operations
Part 1 - Regulations Governing the School Calendar and Length of the School Day
Section 200-RICR-20-05-1.8 - School opening and closing dates

Universal Citation: 200 RI Code of Rules 20 05 1.8

Current through September 18, 2024

Local education agencies are permitted one day to be counted as one (1) of the one hundred eighty (180) required school days for the purposes of a special day for an incoming new class of students in a secondary school (the so-called "staggered opening" schedule) provided.

1. That it is clearly identified on the school calendar;

2. That it is limited to one day and one class; and

3. That the day is a full school day.

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