No person shall be excluded from any public school on account of race or color, or for being over fifteen (15) years of age, nor except by force of some general regulation applicable to all persons under the same circumstances.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-1.