{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-60-9","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-60-9","heading":"Investigative powers of board.","body":"The board of regents shall have the power to investigate all transactions and matters relating to public elementary and secondary education in the state and to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and to require testimony and the production of records in the same manner and to the same extent as a court of law.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 60 Council on Elementary and Secondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-60/16-60-9.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:53Z","sha256":"4d23215b6cd9931ad7d90025c1358d94bcaee12f4e6b428865152fc65703af1c","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-60-8.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-60-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}