{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-2-16","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-2-16","heading":"Rules and regulations — Curriculum.","body":"The school committee shall make and cause to be put up in each schoolhouse rules and regulations for the attendance and classification of the pupils, for the introduction and use of textbooks and works of reference, and for the instruction, government, and discipline of the public schools, and shall prescribe the studies to be pursued in the schools, under the direction of the department of elementary and secondary education.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 2 School Committees and Superintendents [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-2/16-2-16.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:41Z","sha256":"cebe169df8db59cbad83fbadd4ab8d8be44b6e03c9ddd35a0db52e3491f285d8","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-2-15.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-2-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}