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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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CREATING THE SENATOR CLAIBORNE PELL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON THE | |
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HUMANITIES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Martin, Jackson, Reilly, and E Coderre | |
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Date Introduced: March 22, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
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WHEREAS, In 1965, Senator Claiborne Pell sponsored legislation creating the National |
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Endowment for the Humanities; and |
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WHEREAS, Senator Pell believed that promoting the humanities was “significant to our |
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nation’s cultural advancement and to the full growth of a truly great society”; and |
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WHEREAS, Article XII of the Rhode Island Constitution underscores the importance of |
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“the diffusion of knowledge, as well as of virtue among the people being essential to the |
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preservation of their rights and liberties”; and |
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WHEREAS, The humanities are an integral part of Rhode Island’s economy, culture, and |
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public life; and |
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WHEREAS, It is the priority of the general assembly, in keeping with Senator Pell’s |
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vision, to inspire intellectual curiosity and imagination and ignite the diffusion of knowledge in |
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all Rhode Islanders by promoting the public understanding of the tradition of thought and |
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accomplishment that is the humanities; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That a special legislative commission to be known as “The Senator |
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Claiborne Pell Legislative Commission on the Humanities” be and the same is hereby created |
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consisting of twelve (12) members: three (3) of whom shall be members of the house of |
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representatives, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the |
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speaker of the house; three (3) of whom shall be members of the senate, not more than two (2) |
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from the same political party, to be appointed by the president of the senate; and six (6) of whom |
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shall be citizens of Rhode Island, three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the |
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house, and three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate. |
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In lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a permanent advisory |
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commission, a legislative study commission, or any commission created by a general assembly |
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resolution, the appointing authority may appoint a member of the general public to serve in lieu |
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of a legislator, provided that the majority leader or the minority leader of the political party which |
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is entitled to the appointment consents to the member of the general public. |
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The purpose of said commission shall be to examine the state of the humanities in Rhode |
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Island, develop strategies that foster a greater appreciation of the humanities by our state’s |
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citizenry, and promote the incorporation of the humanities curricula in public and private |
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institutions of learning. |
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Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at |
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the call of the speaker of the house and the president of the senate and organize and shall select a |
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chairperson from among the legislators. Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like |
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manner as the original appointment. |
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The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services. |
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All departments and agencies of the state, shall furnish such advice and information, |
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documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or |
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desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution. |
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The Rhode Island council on the humanities will provide staffing and support to the |
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commission; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the commission shall annually report its findings and |
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recommendations to the general assembly. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
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CREATING THE SENATOR CLAIBORNE PELL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON THE | |
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This resolution would create a twelve (12) member special legislative commission whose |
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purpose it would be to examine the state of the humanities in Rhode Island, and who would report |
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back annually to the general assembly. |
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