R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-8-10.2: Mandatory contract terms.

No school board or school receiving aid under this chapter for school lunch programs shall negotiate, extend, or renew any school lunch service contract unless the contract provides for payments to school-lunch workers and aides for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length of the contract for the school year, exclusive of paid time off, including vacation days, or other forms of compensatory time off, whichever is longer.