§ 16-38-9. Liability of school officers for misconduct.
Every school officer who shall make any false certificate, or appropriate any public school money to any purpose not authorized by law, or who shall refuse for a reasonable charge to give certified copies of any official paper, or to account for or deliver to his or her successor any accounts, papers, or money in his or her hands, or shall willfully or knowingly refuse to perform any duty of his or her office, or violate any provisions of any law regulating public schools, except where a particular penalty may be prescribed, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, and shall be liable to an action of the case for damages to be brought by any person injured by this violation.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-9.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 16-38-1. - Discrimination because of race or age.
Section 16-38-1.1. - Discrimination because of sex.
Section 16-38-2. - Immunization.
Section 16-38-3. - Maintenance of nuisances in proximity to schools.
Section 16-38-4. - Exclusive clubs.
Section 16-38-5. - Questionnaires invading privacy.
Section 16-38-5.1. - Assignment of identification numbers to students.
Section 16-38-6. - Restrictions on commercial activity and fundraising in public schools.
Section 16-38-7. - Interest of school official in sale of textbook.
Section 16-38-8. - Offer to pay school official for sale of equipment.
Section 16-38-9. - Liability of school officers for misconduct.
Section 16-38-10. - Power of officials to visit schools.
Section 16-38-11. - Termination of school exemption from taxation for noncompliance.
Section 16-38-12. - Penalty for violations.