2022 -- H 7784

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND’S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, McLaughlin, Potter, and Amore

     Date Introduced: March 03, 2022

     Referred To: House Education

     WHEREAS, Effective January 1, 2013, the General Assembly created a Board of

Education consisting of seventeen public members to be appointed by the Governor with the

advice and consent of the Senate, eight of whom to be designated to serve on the council for

elementary and secondary education and eight of whom to be designated to serve on the council

for postsecondary education. The chairperson of the board would serve as a member of both

councils; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That a special joint legislative commission be and the same is hereby

created consisting of ten (10) members: five (5) of whom shall be members of the Senate, not

more than four (4) from the same political party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate;

and five (5) of whom shall be members of the House, not more than four (4) from the same

political party, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House.

     In lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a legislative study

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

place of a legislator, provided that the Senate President/Speaker of the House or the Minority

Leader of the political party that is entitled to the appointment consents to the appointment of the

member of the general public.

     The purpose of said commission shall be to study, review, and make recommendations on

how to most efficiently and effectively administer the governance of the pre-k through sixteen

public education system in the State of Rhode Island.

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

the call of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, who shall appoint commission

Co-chairs, including one from the Senate and one from the House.

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

     A quorum of the commission shall consist of a majority of its membership, and 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 or 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 report its findings and recommendations to the

President of the Senate and Speaker of the House on or before March 1, 2023 and said

commission shall expire on July 1, 2023.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND’S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM

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     This resolution would create a ten (10) member special joint legislative commission

whose purpose would be to review and make recommendations on how to most efficiently and

effectively administer the governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system in the

State of Rhode Island, and who would report back to the Senate and the House no later than

March 1, 2023, and whose life would expire on July 1, 2023.

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