{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-3.1-16","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-3.1-16","heading":"Financial incentives.","body":"The board of regents for elementary and secondary education may provide for special grants that it may deem necessary to stimulate and encourage the development of cooperative service agreements that would be administered by the area educational collaborative. The regents may also establish an ongoing level of subsidy that it deems appropriate to continue the operation of any cooperative service area.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 3.1 Cooperative Service Among School Districts [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-3.1/16-3.1-16.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:42Z","sha256":"53f9e5b74d850315d449e0f6e7e3f956397552fd75968eb0200dba68521ef112","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-3.1-15","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-3.1-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}