2018 -- S 2347 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION - OUT OF SCHOOL TIME LEARNING COMMISSION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Euer, Metts, Pearson, and Gallo | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2018 | |
Referred To: Senate Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled "EDUCATION" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 88.1 |
4 | OUT OF SCHOOL TIME LEARNING COMMISSION |
5 | 16-88.1-1. Short title. |
6 | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Out of School Time Learning |
7 | Commission". |
8 | 16-88.1-2. Out of school time learning commission. |
9 | There is hereby created a permanent joint commission to be known as the Rhode Island |
10 | permanent commission on out of school time learning to consist of seventeen (17) members; three |
11 | (3) of whom shall be members of the house of representatives, not more than two (2) from the |
12 | same political party, to be appointed by the speaker; three (3) of whom shall be members of the |
13 | senate, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the senate |
14 | president; two (2) of whom shall be teachers or representatives of teachers, one of whom shall be |
15 | a member of the National Education Association of Rhode Island, to be appointed by the speaker, |
16 | and one of whom shall be a member of the American Federation of Teachers, to be appointed by |
17 | the senate president; one of whom shall be the commissioner of elementary and secondary |
18 | education, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of United Way of Rhode Island, or |
19 | designee; one of whom shall be the executive director of the Providence After School Alliance |
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1 | (PASA), or designee; one of whom shall be the chief executive officer of the Boys and Girls Club |
2 | of Pawtucket, or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the YMCA, or designee; one of |
3 | whom shall be the chief of library services of the Rhode Island office of library and information |
4 | services (OLIS), or designee; one of whom shall be the director of the Rhode Island Partnership |
5 | for Community Schools - Child Opportunity Zone (COZ), or designee; one of whom shall be the |
6 | department chair of the Rhode Island College School of Education (Youth Development |
7 | Program), or designee; and one of whom shall be the director of the Newport Community |
8 | Schools, or designee. |
9 | 16-88.1-3. Purpose. |
10 | The purpose of the commission shall be to improve and increase the number of quality |
11 | out-of-school and learning programs in the state by monitoring the plan and guidelines set forth in |
12 | § 16-88-3 and making recommendations on a continuing basis. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION - OUT OF SCHOOL TIME LEARNING COMMISSION | |
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1 | This act would create a permanent joint commission to improve and increase the number |
2 | of quality out of school time learning programs in the state. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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