Education testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
S13 - Charter School Moratorium - January 27, 2021
S76- Civics Education - March 3, 2021
S150 - Competency-Based Learning Policy - March 3, 2021
S179 - Trauma Informed Schools Act - February 25, 2021
S209 - Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act - March 3, 2021
H5027 - SurveyWorks - February 3, 2021
H5028 - Civic Literacy Act - February 3, 2021
H5233 - Health and Safety of Pupils - February 24, 2021
H5234 - Suspensions - February 24, 2021
H5238 - In-State Tuition - February 34, 2021
2020 Legislative Testimony
Article 4, Debt Management Act Joint Resolutions, RICHIST
Article 5, Early Childhood Care and Education Capital Fund
Article 5, Question 3(a), Affordable Housing Bond
Article 5, State Health Laboratory and Facilities Bond
Article 5, Capital Development Program (Question 3a - Housing Bond)
Article 10, RI Pre-K Expansion, Multilingual Learners, Mental Health Professionals at Public Schools
Article 10, Section 7 RI Promise
Article 10, Section 7 Regarding RI Promise Supplemental Data
Article 10, Rhode Island Early Childhood Care and Education Capital Fund
Article 10, MLL/Mental Health/RI Promise
Article 12, Housing
Article 12, Affordable Housing Funding Stream
Article 14, Perinatal Doula Services
Article 14, Section 5c, Perinatal Doula Services
Article 14, Section 5, First Connection Family Home Visiting Program
Article 15, RI Works
Article 20 Sections 8-12, ACA Protections and Telemedicine
Article 21, Tobacco Products
Department of Children, Youth and Families Budget
Executive Office of Health and Human Services Budget
Department of Human Services Budget - Child Care Assistance Program & Head Start
H7111, Annual Reports on the Academic Achievement of Students in Foster Care
H7338, Mental Health Services for All Students
H7541, Uniform Parentage Act
H7429, Child Support
H7293, The World Language and Dual Language Immersion Act
H7271, Rhode Island Early Educator Investment Act
H7541, Uniform Parentage Act
H7429, Child Support
H7570, Minimum Wage
S2147, Minimum Wage Incremental Increase
H7043 and H7069, Funding for Field Trips
S2327, Funding for Field Trips
H7071, Statewide Bullying Policy
S2035, Competency-Based Learning Policy
H7292, Strategies to Recruit Teachers of Color
H7293, The World Language and Dual Language Immersion Act
H7338, Mental Health Services for All Students
H7439, Grades 5 or Below Suspensions
H7797, Compulsory Attendance
H7818, Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act
H7825, Compulsory Attendance Monitoring
H7070, Electronic Cigarettes
H7041, Tobacco and Nicotine Products - Children
H7338, Mental Health Services for All Students
H7469, Healthy Beverage Act
S2114, Little Cigar Tax
S2124, Medical Assistance - Perinatal Doula Services
S2465, Children's Catastrophic Illness Fund
S2520, Health Care for Children and Pregnant Women
S2134, Source of Housing Income
H7102, Prohibiting Firearms Undetectable by Metal Detectors
H7103, The Julie Lynn Cardinal Act