2023 -- S 0190

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT

INVESTMENT INITIATIVE

     Introduced By: Senators Zurier, Mack, Ciccone, Quezada, Kallman, Miller, and Bell

     Date Introduced: February 16, 2023

     Referred To: Senate Education

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 16-7.1 of the General Laws entitled "The Paul W. Crowley Rhode

Island Student Investment Initiative [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of

Education Act]" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     16-7.1-5.2. State intervention in the Providence public school district -- Additional

requirements.

     For the duration of the effective period of the order of reconstitution and control, any

collective bargaining agreement entered into on behalf of the Providence public school district shall

not take effect until ratified by the council on elementary and secondary education at a public

hearing held no earlier than seven (7) days after the terms of a tentative agreement ratified by the

union are made public.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT

INVESTMENT INITIATIVE

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     This act would mandate, that during the remainder of the reconstitution and control period

for the Providence school district, the council on elementary and secondary education ratify any

collective bargaining agreement entered into on behalf of the Providence public school district at a

public hearing held at least than seven (7) days after the terms of a tentative agreement ratified by

the union are made public.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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