{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-2.1-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-2.1-1","heading":"Civic education commission.","body":"There is hereby created a permanent commission to be known as the Rhode Island Permanent Commission on Civic Education to consist of twenty-one (21) members; three (3) of whom shall be from the house of representatives, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the speaker; three (3) of whom shall be from the senate, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the senate president; one of whom shall be the Rhode Island secretary of state, or designee; two (2) of whom shall be teachers or representatives of teachers, one of whom shall be a member of the National Education Association of Rhode Island, to be appointed by the speaker, and one of whom shall be a member of the American Federation of Teachers, to be appointed by the senate president; one of whom shall be a member of the Superintendent’s Association, or Principal’s Association, to be appointed by the speaker; one of whom shall be the director of the Rhode Island Historical Society, or designee; one of whom shall be the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, or designee; one of whom shall be the commissioner of postsecondary education, or designee; one of whom shall be from the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, to be appointed by the speaker; one of whom shall be from the Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, to be appointed by the senate president; one of whom shall be a teacher at a parochial/private school institution, to be appointed by the speaker; one of whom shall be the director of museum and program at the Rhode Island Heritage Harbor Foundation, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Progreso Latino, or designee; and one of whom shall be the director of the Center for Civic Education, or designee.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 2.1 Civic Education Commission"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-2.1/16-2.1-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:42Z","sha256":"16bf603219c2218e57a3b1d5d2947b3a491bc3ed5832621064f86f4c6c7f4bdc","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-2-37","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-2.1-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}