2020 -- H 8121 | |
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LC005530 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
URGING THE CUMBERLAND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TO RESOLVE THE CURRENT | |
BUSING DISPUTE | |
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Introduced By: Representative James N. McLaughlin | |
Date Introduced: July 29, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
1 | WHEREAS, To date, the Cumberland School Department has failed to come to a student |
2 | busing agreement with respect to the transportation of pupils in grades kindergarten through |
3 | twelve (K-12) for the school year 2020-2021; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) were previously |
5 | required to walk one-fourth of a mile to a bus stop and are currently required to walk three- |
6 | fourths of a mile to a bus stop; and |
7 | WHEREAS, In accordance with ยง 16-21.1-2, it is in the interest of public safety, health, |
8 | and welfare for pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12), or in special education |
9 | programs, who attend public schools, to be provided bus transportation to the school or facility |
10 | which the pupil attends, within the region in which the pupil resides, by the school committee of |
11 | the city or town within which the pupil resides; and |
12 | WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the public that the Cumberland School |
13 | Department comes to an agreement with respect to the transportation of pupils in grades |
14 | kindergarten through twelve (K-12), on or before August 15, 2020, so that there is minimal |
15 | disruption in the transportation of pupils; now, therefore be it |
16 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
17 | urges the Cumberland School Department to negotiate with all deliberate speed and in good faith |
18 | to come to an agreement with respect to the transportation of pupils in grades kindergarten |
19 | through twelve (K-12), on or before August 15, 2020; and be it further |
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1 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
2 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Paul DiModica, Chair of the Cumberland |
3 | School Committee, and Robert Mitchell, Superintendent of the Cumberland School Department. |
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