Budget testimony submitted to the Rhode Island General Assembly during the
2021 legislative session:
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
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
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
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
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