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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING LAURA MASON ZEISLER, M.ED, ON THE OCCASION OF

HER RETIREMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Shallcross
Smith, Caldwell, Casimiro, Cruz, Potter, and Ackerman

     Date Introduced: February 14, 2024

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, In 1977, to the very good fortune of many a Rhode Island child, Laura

Zeisler began attending meetings of the Permanent Commission on Child Care. At the time, she

was the President of the RI Association for the Education of Young Children; and

     WHEREAS, In 1992, as Ms. Zeisler was beginning her tenure as Chair of the Diversity

Council for the New England Association for the Education of Young Children, she attended a

meeting of Latina early childhood educators at Wheelock College that expanded her

understanding of the vital importance that professional development, provided directly in

Spanish, was for native Spanish-speaking early childhood educators; and

     WHEREAS, This knowledge and the need for this essential educational component,

fostered the desire for her to become an advocate for providing professional development in

Spanish in both Rhode Island as a whole and for all NEAEYC events; and

     WHEREAS, Beginning in 2009, Ms. Zeisler became a representative on the Permanent

Commission on Child Care for Family Child Care Homes of RI, and served on the first

subcommittee to plan the initial Child Care Awareness Day at the State House; and

     WHEREAS, Although she is regrettably retiring, Ms. Zeisler plans to maintain

connections with the early education and care community and will continue to advocate for

worthy wages for all early childhood educators. She also hopes that members of the Commission

on Child Care and Rhode Island’s educational leaders will continue to support direct Spanish

communication and education, as well as policies, licensing regulations, and funding which

reflect the particular needs of family child care educators; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

honors and thanks Laura Mason Zeisler for more than forty-six years of dedicated service to

young people and professional development in Spanish for early childhood and in all areas of

education in Rhode Island. We moreover wish her good health and much happiness during her

well-earned retirement; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Laura Mason Zeisler, M.Ed.

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