| R 364 |
| 2024 -- S 3132 Enacted 06/10/2024 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM |
Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma |
| Date Introduced: June 04, 2024 |
| WHEREAS, Effective January 1, 2013, the General Assembly created a Board of |
| Education consisting of seventeen (17) public members to be appointed by the Governor with the |
| advice and consent of the Senate, eight (8) of whom to be designated to serve on the council for |
| elementary and secondary education and eight (8) 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 legislative commission be and the same is hereby created |
| consisting of seven (7) members: seven (7) of whom shall be members of the Senate, not more |
| than five (5) from the same political party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate. |
| 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 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 kindergarten through |
| sixteen (16) 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, who shall appoint a chairperson. |
| 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 on or before March 1, 2025, and said commission shall expire on July 1, |
| 2025. |
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| LC006232 |
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