2022 -- H 7452 | |
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LC004698 | |
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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 | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO MYSTIC AQUARIUM FOR EXPANSION | |
OF THE STEM ADVANTAGE PROGRAM | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Barros, Giraldo, Amore, Alzate, and Messier | |
Date Introduced: February 11, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
1 | WHEREAS, The RI STEM Advantage program is conducted through the Mystic |
2 | Aquarium, a nonprofit organization. The program was designed to "close the opportunity gap for |
3 | vulnerable youth in grades K-12 by providing STEM skills and experiences that are engaging and |
4 | relevant to RI youth and educators"; and |
5 | WHEREAS, The program is requesting funds for a one-time expansion to combat |
6 | COVID learning loss and social isolation for more than 1,000 youth from the communities of |
7 | Cranston, Providence, East Providence, North Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Warwick, |
8 | Newport, Westerly, Woonsocket, and the Narragansett Tribe; and |
9 | WHEREAS, The program includes in-person and online professional development and |
10 | ongoing training and technical assistance as well as curriculum, digital resources, and supplies for |
11 | young people and peer mentors to participate and work together on a variety of topics and careers |
12 | with a focus on community-based environmental stewardship, including renewable energy, |
13 | watersheds, endangered species and careers in STEM; now, therefore be it |
14 | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not |
15 | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars |
16 | ($500,000) to the Mystic Aquarium to expand the Stem Advantage Program; and the state |
17 | controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the |
18 | payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of |
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1 | 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 $500,000 TO MYSTIC AQUARIUM FOR EXPANSION | |
OF THE STEM ADVANTAGE PROGRAM | |
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1 | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 to expand the |
2 | Stem Advantage Program. |
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