Budget testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the
2021 legislative session:
American Rescue Plan Act Proposals - Public and Stakeholder Input - Senate Finance - November 15, 2021
Federal American Rescue Plan Act Funding (Housing and Behavioral Health) - Senate Finance - November 10, 2021
Governor’s Supplemental Request to Amend FY 2022 Appropriations Act Relating to Housing Affordability and Security - Senate Finance - October 21, 2021
Governor’s Supplemental Request to Amend FY 2022 Appropriations Act Relating to Housing Affordability and Security - House Finance - October 28, 2021
H6494 Revised Appropriations for FY22, Child Care and Early Intervention ARPA funding for staffing crises - October 27, 2021
Governor's FY 2022, FY 2021—Revised and Capital Budgets, Department of Children, Youth and Families and Office of the Child Advocate - April 28, 2021
FY 2021, FY 2020 Revised & Capital Budgets, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - May 5, 2021
FY 2021, FY 2020 Revised & Capital Budgets, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - May 11, 2021
Budget Article 1, Section 15 - RI Promise - April 6, 2021
Budget Article 4, Section 6 – Relating to Debt Management Act Joint Resolutions, RICHIST - April 8, 2021
Budget Article 12, Section 8, Medicaid Reform - April 14, 2021
Budget Article 12, Section 8, Medicaid Reform - April 26, 2021
Budget Article 13, Sections 2 and 3 (Parole) - April 8, 2021
Budget Article 13, Sections 2 and 3 (Parole) - May 17, 2021
Budget Article 13, Section 5 (the Rhode Island Works Program) - May 27, 2021
Budget Article 13, Section 6, Rates established for the Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program - April 8, 2021
Budget Article 16 - Relating to Housing - March 25, 2021
Child Welfare testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session:
H5387 - Marriage Licenses - February 23, 2021
H5811 - An Act Relating to Medical Assistance and Public Assistance Caseload Estimating Conferences - May 13, 2021
Early Learning testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
S287 – Establishing a Class Size Maximum for Kindergarten through Grade 2 - March 31, 2021
S352 - Planning for IDEA Essential Services During Emergencies - April 14, 2021
S378 - Rhode Island Child Care is Essential Act - March 24, 2021
H-5672 Rhode Island Child Care is Essential Act - April 8, 2021
RI Child Care is Essential Act Fact Sheet 2021
Child Care and Development Fund Plan for Rhode Island (FFY 2022 – FFY2024) - June 21, 2021
HJR-6449 - Permanent Legislative Commission on Child Care in Rhode Island - June 25, 2021
SJR-983 -Permanent Legislative Commission on Child Care in Rhode Island - June 28, 2021
Economic Well-Being testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
S1 - Minimum Wage - February 3, 2021
S143 - Minimum Wage - February 3, 2021
S221 - Increasing the EITC - May 3, 2021
S226 - RI Works - February 25, 2021
S453 - Payday Lending - May 20, 2021
H5130 - Minimum Wages - February 24, 2021
H5013 - Increasing the EITC - May 6, 2021
H5683 - Relating to Human Services- RI Works - April 8, 2021
H5686 - Payday Lending - May 25, 2021
H5931 - Regarding School Lunches - May 20, 2021
Education testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
Public Comment - LEAP Task Force Recommendations - May 26, 2021
Public Comment - Providence Public Schools - June 3, 2021
S13 - Charter School Moratorium - January 27, 2021
S76- Civics Education - March 3, 2021
S79 - RI Promise Scholarship - March 17, 2021
S90 - Multilingual Learner/English Learner Education Funding - April 7, 2021
S91 - Education Equity And Education Equity Property Tax Relief Act - April 7, 2021
S150 - Competency-Based Learning Policy - March 3, 2021
S179 - Trauma Informed Schools Act - February 25, 2021
S205 - Amendment to the Constitution -- Right to an Adequate Education - April 14, 2021
S207 – Relating to Residence of Children for School Purposes - May 5, 2021
S209 - Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act - March 3, 2021
S214 - Curriculum-Basic Education Program - April 7, 2021
S282 - Student's Bill of Rights Preventing Discrimination - April 14, 2021
S287 - Establishing a Class Size Maximum for Kindergarten through Grade 2 - March 31, 2021
S355 - Curriculum-Dual Language Model Policy - April 14, 2021
S454 - Ombudsperson - April 14, 2021
S457 - The World Language and Dual Language Immersion Act - April 14, 2021
S458 - African Heritage History Education - April 14, 2021
S462 - College Crusade Scholarship - March 17, 2021
S536 - Youth Interrogation - April 5, 2021
S577 - Afterschool and Out-of-School Time Act - April 8, 2021
S636 - Rhode Island Hope Scholarship - April 28, 2021
S756 - Reading and Math Specialists - April 28, 2021
S757 - School-Based Mental Health Professionals - April 14, 2021
S814 - Seal of Biliteracy - April 14, 2021
S824 - School Lunches - April 28, 2021
S825 - Community Schools Act - April 28, 2021
H5027 - SurveyWorks - February 3, 2021
H5028 - Civic Literacy Act - February 3, 2021
H5193 - Charter Schools Moratorium, March 23, 2021
H5211 - Afterschool and Out-of-School Time Act - March 23, 2021
H5224 - RI Promise - April 6, 2021
H5233 - Health and Safety of Pupils - February 24, 2021
H5234 - Suspensions - February 24, 2021
H5238 - In-State Tuition - February 34, 2021
H5238 - In-State Tuition - June 23, 2021
H5239 - The World Language and Dual Language Immersion Act - March 23, 2021
H5350 - Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act - March 23, 2021
H5367 - School Resource Officers - March 23, 2021
H5605 - RI Promise - April 7, 2021
H5699 - Increasing Opportunities for Teachers of Color Act - March 23, 2021
H5827 - School Committee and Superintendents - March 24, 2021
H5827 - School Committee and Superintendents: NMEF Testimony - March 24, 2021
H5828 - Commission Encouraging More Persons of Color to Enter the Field of Education - March 24, 2021
H5829 - Certification of Teachers- ESL - March 24, 2021
H5833 - Ombudsperson - March 24, 2021
H5931 - Regarding School Lunches - May 20, 2021
H5933 - Alternatives to Suspensions - April 28, 2021
H5936 - Trauma Informed Schools Act - April 28, 2021
H6029 - School Social Workers - March 23, 2021
H6029 - School Social Workers: Young Voices Testimony - March 23, 2021
H6140 – Relating to Residence of Children for School Purposes - March 23, 2021
H6217 - Rhode Island Hope Scholarship - May 20, 2021
Health & Dental testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
S4 - Telemedicine - January 14, 2021
S5 - ACA Protections - January 14, 2021
S231– Health Care for Children and Pregnant Women - March 4, 2021
S234 - Newborn Screening - March 24, 2021
S324 - Healthy Beverage Option - March 24, 2021
S0327 – Sugary Drinks Tax - May 3, 2021
S386 - Children's Catastrophic Illness Fund - March 24, 2021
S430 - Twelve-month Continuous Postpartum Medicaid Coverage - March 24, 2021
S484 - Perinatal Doula Services - March 24, 2021
S576 – Health Care for Children & Pregnant Women - April 26, 2021
S591 - Coverage for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse - April 15, 2021
H5246 - Protection Against Second-Hand Marijuana Smoke Exposure - February 23, 2021
H5371 - Healthy Beverages Act - March 1, 2021
H5714 - Health Care for Children and Pregnant Women - June 9, 2021
Housing & Homelessness testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
S183 - Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium - March 11, 2021
S229 - Real Estate Transfer Tax - March 4, 2021
S365 - Real Estate Transfer Tax - March 4, 2021
S365 - Real Estate Transfer Tax - May 20, 2021
S528 - Sealing and Unsealing of Eviction Records - March 11, 2021
S561 - Fair Housing Practices - March 11, 2021
H5257 - Fair Housing Practices - February 11, 2021
H5309 - Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium - March 31, 2021
H5456 - Real Estate Transfer Tax - April 13, 2021
H5687 - Real Estate Transfer Tax - April 13, 2021
H5734 - Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act, March 17, 2021
H6464 - Sealing of Residential Eviction Proceedings - June 29, 2021
Juvenile Justice testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
H5144 - Parole - March 3, 3021
S333 - Parole - May 10, 2021
Safety testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
H5553 - Weapons – Safe Storage, March 19, 2021
H5554 - Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban of 2021, March 19, 2021
H5555 - Prohibit the possession of firearms on school grounds, March 19, 2021
H5556 - Assault Weapons, March 19, 2021
Other testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session.
H5305 - Drivers’ Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants, March 17, 2021