The bill amends Section 16-7.1-5 of the General Laws concerning the Paul W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative. It introduces new language that emphasizes the need for intervention and support specifically for individual schools, rather than school districts as a whole. The board of regents is tasked with adopting progressive support and intervention strategies aimed at schools that fail to meet performance goals. These strategies include technical assistance, policy support, resource oversight, and the creation of partnerships with various organizations. If a school does not show improvement after three years, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education may exercise control over the school’s budget, program, and personnel, but this control is limited to one school district at a time.

Additionally, the bill removes references to school districts in certain contexts, focusing instead on individual schools. It also eliminates a provision that allocated $100,000 for the Rhode Island Consortium for Instructional Leadership and Training for FY 2007. The overall goal of the bill is to enhance educational outcomes by providing targeted support to schools in need, while ensuring that local school committees maintain funding responsibilities at a consistent level. The act will take effect upon passage.