Southbridge School District
 
RI Gen. Laws §16-38-6

Commercial activities prohibited Conduct of teachers.


Except under authorization of the department of elementary and secondary education or rules and regulations promulgated from time to time by the school committees of the several towns and cities, no teacher employed in any public school shall, for any purpose whatsoever, solicit, exact, or receive from any pupil in any public school any contribution or gift of money or any article of value, or any pledge to contribute any money or article of value. Except the sale of school lunches under rules and regulations prescribed by the school committee of the town or city, no article shall be sold or offered for sale to public school pupils or teachers on any public school premises, nor shall any article be sold through the agency of pupils in the public schools. No teacher in any public school shall solicit or receive from the pupils subscriptions for any newspaper, periodical, or magazine, or act as agent directly or indirectly for the distribution of a publication in the public schools; nor shall any teacher in any public school, at any time other than during the regular summer vacation of the public schools, accept any fee or gift for the tutoring of any child regularly under his or her instruction; nor shall any person distribute through or in the public schools or to children on their way to or from school any circular, sample, package, coupon, ticket, or other similar advertising matter. This section shall not be construed to forbid requiring or accepting from a pupil a deposit of a reasonable amount of money as a guaranty for the return of school property other than the books and supplies required by § 16-23-2 to be loaned free of charge, provided that the school committee shall make suitable rules and regulations for the safekeeping and return of the deposits; nor shall it be construed to forbid the acquisition by pupils at reasonable prices of articles made in industrial, manual training, domestic arts, or other similar classes, under suitable rules and regulations adopted by the school committee.