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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF APPROXIMATELY $30,000,000 TO RHODE

ISLAND'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Rea, Chippendale, Place, Nardone, Newberry, Roberts,
Phillips, Noret, Finkelman, and P. Morgan

     Date Introduced: February 22, 2023

     Referred To: House Finance

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     WHEREAS, According to RIDE’s Information & Accountability data, Rhode Island has

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300 public schools from which it collects and analyzes data; and

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     WHEREAS, Rhode Island General Laws § 16-3.2-1 states “…the general assembly is

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committed to developing and supporting strategies that foster cultures of excellence, innovation,

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and continuous improvement in Rhode Island schools” and that schools benefit from “…the

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autonomy and flexibility to continuously improve instruction and implement and adopt strategies

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that meet the needs of their students”; and

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     WHEREAS, With the horrendous increase in mass shootings across the country and the

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rapid advances in information technology systems and fields, investment in these areas is critical

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to the success of Rhode Island’s students; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury from

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the fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) in capital funds allocated to school construction in the

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fiscal year 2023 state budget, the approximate sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of

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which one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) would be distributed to each public school in

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Rhode Island for school safety and security improvements including, but not limited to, audio and

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visual systems, access control systems, and communication upgrades; and the state controller is

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hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of

 

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said sum, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF APPROXIMATELY $30,000,000 TO RHODE

ISLAND'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS

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     This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $100,000 to each public

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school in Rhode Island for school safety and security improvements.

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