11-R162
2011 -- H 5049 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 03/29/11
H O U S E R E S
O L U T I O N
SUPPORTING
FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN CLASSES
Introduced By: Representatives DaSilva, and Johnston
Date Introduced:
January 18, 2011
WHEREAS, Research
studies suggest that full-day kindergarten programs produce
learning gains that are greater than learning gains in
half-day programs. Research further
demonstrates that disadvantaged students who participate in
full-day kindergarten programs have
had greater long-term academic success than those that
participated in half-day programs; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives of the State of
Providence Plantations
hereby deems, notwithstanding any provisions of the general or public
laws or rule of regulation to the contrary, that
kindergarten school days should contain at least
five and one half hours (three hundred and thirty minutes)
of actual school work excluding lunch,
recess periods, common planning time, pre and post school
teacher time, study halls, homeroom
periods, student passing time, and any other time that is not
actual instructional time. Student
advisory periods should be counted as instructional time; and
be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Chair
of the Rhode Island Board of Regents
and the Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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