| RI | H5667 | Engross
50% | Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to adopt standards which take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students across municipal boundaries and promotes maximum efficiency in other programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
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| RI | H5423 | Engross
50% | Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
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| RI | H5741 | Engross
50% | Incorporates the department of elementary and secondary education’s SurveyWorks school climate indicators for evaluating the performance of LEAs and individual public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
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| RI | H5167 | Engross
50% | Extends the date to June 30, 2027 for local education agencies to select identified high quality curricula and materials for science and technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
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| RI | H5421 | Engross
50% | Creates a committee to generate a written report of concrete proposals to attract diverse and traditionally under represented teachers to work in Rhode Island public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
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| RI | H5222 | Engross
50% | Provides that in the event of the death of an educator or a student, a local educational agency be given up to five (5) days after the death to implement a flexible school schedule for teachers and students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
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| RI | H5009 | Engross
50% | "Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
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| RI | H6272 | Engross
50% | Extends the due date for the district action plan each and every year from September 1 to December 31, and further require that there are no fewer than five (5) school district education reviews annually beginning in academic year 2024-2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
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| RI | S0833 | Intro
25% | Extends the due date for the district action plan each and every year from September 1 to December 31, and further require that there are no fewer than five (5) school district education reviews annually beginning in academic year 2024-2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
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| RI | S0851 | Intro
25% | Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
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| RI | S0491 | Intro
25% | Establishes language academies for non-English proficient students and also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the language academies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
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| RI | S0762 | Intro
25% | Amends the local share of education funding to be paid to charter public schools based on a comparison of performance data between the specific school from which the student is coming and the specific charter school that will be receiving the student...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
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| RI | S0498 | Intro
25% | Requires publishers to provide electronic book licenses to libraries and schools on reasonable terms, when a publisher offers to license electronic books and digital audiobooks to the public in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
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| RI | S0184 | Intro
25% | Removes the towns of Warren and Bristol from school bus district Region III and places Warren and Bristol in school bus district Region V.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
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| RI | S0495 | Intro
25% | "Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
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| RI | S0700 | Intro
25% | Reduces the number of commissioners on the board of commissioners to no less than fifteen and would add a d/b/a Serve RI designation after commissions name.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
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| RI | S0065 | Intro
25% | Requires the department of elementary and secondary education and the DCYF to each pay 50% of the out-of-district transportation costs for children allowed to remain in the school where the child is enrolled at the time of placement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
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| RI | S0070 | Intro
25% | Provides that scholarships received directly from the College Crusade Scholarship Program would not be considered financial aid pursuant to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
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| RI | S0977 | Intro
25% | Increases the number of child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
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| RI | S0013 | Intro
25% | Allows schools to maintain on-site an undesignated supply of glucagon for emergency purposes. Provides for training of all school employees in the basics of diabetes care and allows for further training of delegated care aides for students with diabe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
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| RI | S0485 | Intro
25% | Requires transition planning for high school students with disabilities, who have a "504" plan, like the transition planning required for high school students with disabilities, who have an individualized education program (IEP).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
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| RI | S0069 | Intro
25% | Provides local education agencies (LEAs) hiring site-based specialists for reading and math to receive state reimbursement based on enrollment and specific guidelines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
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| RI | S0702 | Intro
25% | Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
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| RI | S0490 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
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| RI | S0768 | Intro
25% | Requires that each child under the supervision of DCYF be provided a team of educational advocates which would be required to attend meetings on a regular basis to ensure the child’s educational planning, progress and success.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
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| RI | H5561 | Engross
50% | Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
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| RI | H5545 | Engross
50% | Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
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| RI | H5860 | Engross
50% | Reduces the number of commissioners on the board of commissioners to no less than fifteen and would add a d/b/a Serve RI designation after commissions name.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
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| RI | S0761 | Intro
25% | Commencing in fiscal year 2023 that reconstitution and control of a school or district by the department of elementary and secondary education would not exceed 2 years except for a possible 6 month extension when substantial progress is achieved.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
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| RI | S0481 | Intro
25% | Amends the provisions governing intervention and support for the Providence public school district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
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| RI | S0181 | Intro
25% | Provides that in the event of the death of an educator or a student, a local educational agency be given up to five (5) days after the death to implement a flexible school schedule for teachers and students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-19
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| RI | S0484 | Intro
25% | Requires the student advisory council to meet at least quarterly, provides the chairperson with equal voting powers as members on the council, and provides that a student under eighteen (18) years is exempt from the senate advise and consent process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-19
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| RI | S0763 | Intro
25% | Requires the departments of elementary and secondary education and health to adopt policies/ rules/regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identified as having epilepsy/seizure disorder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-19
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| RI | S0189 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students if they are a threat to the safety of others.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-19
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| RI | S0765 | Intro
25% | Requires all educator preparation programs to include lessons on cultural competency and how teachers shall meet the instructional needs of multilingual learners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-19
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| RI | S0701 | Intro
25% | "Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
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| RI | S0180 | Intro
25% | Requires parental consent prior to conducting an initial evaluation or making an initial placement of a student in a special education program, as well as prior to changes being made to any IEP services or placement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
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| RI | S0012 | Intro
25% | Requires that each child under the supervision of the department of children, youth and families be provided a team of educational advocates to ensure the child’s educational planning, progress and success.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
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| RI | S0183 | Intro
25% | Requires that each child under the supervision of DCYF be provided a team of educational advocates which would be required to attend meetings on a regular basis to ensure the child’s educational planning, progress and success
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
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| RI | S0487 | Intro
25% | Requires separate restrooms and sleeping quarters for members of the opposite sex at school overnight trips.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
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| RI | S0497 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Failing School Choice Act, to permit students at failing schools to enroll in any public school. It also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
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| RI | S0493 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Failing School Choice Act and permits students at failing schools to enroll in any public school and also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
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| RI | S0480 | Intro
25% | Prohibits discrimination in postsecondary education of students, faculty and staff based upon medical or religious vaccine exemptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
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| RI | S0187 | Intro
25% | Repeals the establishment of statewide academic standards for core subjects and the implementation into the curriculum of all public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
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| RI | S0186 | Intro
25% | Provides protections for students and parents against discrimination on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression in schools. Allows students to pray or engage in religious activities before, during or after school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
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| RI | S0179 | Intro
25% | Enables parents to review public school learning materials/object if the parent decides that the material is harmful. Also a parent may withdraw their student from the activity or class where the material is used and request an alternative assignment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
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