2018 -- S 2894

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "OUT OF

SCHOOL TIME LEARNING COMMISSION"

     Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Metts, Sheehan, and Gallo

     Date Introduced: May 16, 2018

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     RESOLVED, That the Out of School Time Learning Commission be and the same is

hereby created consisting of thirteen (13) members: three (3) of whom shall be members of the

Rhode Island Senate, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the

President of the Senate; one of whom shall be the President of the National Education

Association of Rhode Island, or designee; one of whom shall be the President of the American

Federation of Teachers, or designee; one of whom shall be the Rhode Island Commissioner of

Elementary and Secondary Education, or designee; one of whom shall be the Director of United

Way of Rhode Island, or designee; one of whom shall be the Executive Director of the

Providence After School Alliance (PASA), or designee; one of whom shall be the Executive

Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket, or designee; one of whom shall be the

Executive Director of the YMCA of Greater Providence, or designee; one of whom shall be the

Chief of Library Services of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS),

or designee; one of whom shall be the Director of the Rhode Island Partnership for Community

Schools – Child Opportunity Zone (COZ), or designee; and one of whom shall be the Department

Chairperson of the Rhode Island College School of Education (Youth Development Program), or

designee.

     In lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a permanent advisory

commission, a legislative study commission, or any commission created by a General Assembly

resolution, the appointing authority may appoint a member of the general public to serve in lieu

of a legislator, provided that the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader of the political party

which is entitled to the appointment, consents to the member of the general public.

      The purpose of said commission shall be to make recommendations to improve and

increase the number of quality out-of-school and learning programs in the state by monitoring the

plan and guidelines set forth in § 16-88-3.

     Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at

the call of the President of the Senate and organize and shall select a chairperson.

     Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment.

     The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

     All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information,

documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or

desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution.

     The Joint Committee on Legislative Services is hereby authorized and directed to provide

suitable quarters for said commission; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the commission shall make an interim report on its findings and

recommendations to the Senate no later than January 31, 2019, and said commission shall make a

final report no later than January 31, 2020, and shall expire on January 31, 2020.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "OUT OF

SCHOOL TIME LEARNING COMMISSION"

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     This resolution would create a thirteen (13) member special legislative study commission

to be known as the "Out of School Time Learning Commission" whose purpose it would be to

make recommendations to improve and increase the number of quality out-of-school and learning

programs in the state, and who would report back to the Senate no later than January 31, 2020,

and whose life would expire on January 31, 2020.

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