R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-23-3: Published textbook list.

The commissioner shall publish annually a list of textbooks in use in the public schools in the fields of mathematics, science, modern foreign languages, English/language arts and history/social studies to all students in grades K-12. The list shall be published for the purpose of the loan of the textbooks to all resident pupils as provided for in § 16-23-2 and shall not include any textbooks of a sectarian nature or containing sectarian material.