{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-59-7.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-59-7.1","heading":"Permanent status for non-classified employees.","body":"All non-classified employees of the council on postsecondary education who shall have twenty (20) years, not necessarily consecutive, of service credit, these credits having been earned in either the classified, non-classified, or unclassified service or any combination of these, shall be deemed to have acquired full status in their positions as the status is defined by § 36-4-59; provided that this provision shall not apply to those employees whose base entry date is after August 7, 1996; and provided that this provision shall not apply to faculty employed by the council on postsecondary education nor shall it apply to non-classified employees who have acquired tenure as faculty.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 59 Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-59/16-59-7.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:53Z","sha256":"f1f2216ea103b6e4b1e0d6fb2976d7e8ce979d4c04139fe4e2b95d87a7fa7ca5","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-59-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-59-7.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}