Bill Number | Bill Details | Hearing Date | Hearing Details |
H7105 | House Bill No. 7105 BY Diaz, Slater, Silva, Gallison, Ferri ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (would allow people initially eligible for child care assistance to remain eligible so long as their income does not exceed 225% of the federal poverty level and child care is necessary in order to maintain employment.) 05/01/2012 Committee heard and continued | | | H7127 | House Bill No. 7127 BY DaSilva, Hearn, Edwards, Johnston, Tanzi ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- KINDERGARTEN (would require a minimum amount of 51/2 hours of actual school work for kindergarten students.) 02/01/2012 Committee postponed at request of sponsor | | | H7128 | House Bill No. 7128 BY Hearn, DaSilva, Medina, Carnevale, Williams ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - KINDERGARTEN (would require an increase in the hours per day kindergarten students would be required to attend class.) 01/30/2012 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 02/01/2012 Committee postponed at request of sponsor | | | H7345 | House Bill No. 7345 BY Diaz ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MISCELLANEOUS RULES (would change the requirement of the approved emergency airway kit being mounted in an area accessible to the operator of the child care vehicle and school extracurricular vehicle to the basic requirement) 04/04/2012 Committee postponed at request of sponsor | | | H7375 | House Bill No. 7375 BY Cimini, Diaz, Slater, Valencia, Naughton ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (would allow a family to qualify for low-income child care assistance for the time an adult member of the family is participating in education or training, provided that the adult is working at least 20 hours per week) 2/2/2012 Introduced, referred to House Finance | | | H7819 | House Bill No. 7819 BY Ferri, McNamara, Messier, O`Grady, Diaz ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (would enable the department of education create high-quality summer learning programs for summer learning for RI school children. This act would provide five hundred thousand dollars in funding for the operation of these programs.) 2/28/2012 Introduced, referred to House Finance | | | H7975 | House Bill No. 7975 BY San Bento, Palumbo, Williams, Ruggiero ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (would provide reimbursement at a higher rate to childcare providers which participate in Rhode Island quality rating systems programs.) 3/21/2012 Introduced, referred to House Finance | | | S2243 | Senate Bill No. 2243 BY Crowley, Miller, Perry, Nesselbush, DeVall ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (would allow a family to qualify for low-income child care assistance for the time an adult member of the family is participating in education or training, provided that the adult is working at least 20 hours per week) 04/27/2012 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration | DATE: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 TIME: 2:00 PM PLACE: Room 211 - State House | SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE | S2284 | Senate Bill No. 2284 BY Lanzi, Metts, Pichardo, Crowley, Jabour ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (would prevent the interruption in benefits for parents receiving child care subsidies whose income fluxuates between 180% and 225% of the federal poverty level.) 05/01/2012 Committee heard and continued | | | S2534 | Senate Bill No. 2534 BY Gallo, Paiva Weed, DiPalma, Goodwin, DeVall ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - KINDERGARTEN This act would provide for the funding of up to four (4) districts for full-1 day kindergarten. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education would determine which districts would receive these funds. The department of elementary and secondary education would report on the progress of the program annually by May 1st of each year. 2/16/2012 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance | | |
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