{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-114-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-114-2","heading":"Purpose and mission.","body":"The purpose of this chapter and the mission of the Sheila C. “Skip” Nowell Academy is:\n(1) To primarily support students at risk of school failure, with a special focus on the diverse needs of pregnant and parenting teens, to create an environment for their individual growth, and to cultivate their social and emotional development;\n(2) To additionally provide an alternative learning environment for disconnected and at-risk students, and for students who have recently arrived in the country, desiring to complete their academic careers in a setting that offers comprehensive support services, accelerated academic curriculum, leadership development, and life skills that will enable them to become resilient, self-sufficient adults; and\n(3) To offer a rigorous and relevant standards-driven, experiential learning community, and to provide college and career preparatory education based on guided, project-based core curriculum, that is aligned to the state’s high-quality curricular standards.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 114 Sheila C. “Skip” Nowell Academy."],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-114/16-114-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:59Z","sha256":"bb3094a0660a1c74f15416467d7c43851447ffb70dea27706a1fe062f0a0fe9e","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-114-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-114-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}