2024 -- S 3158 | |
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LC006239 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
SUPPORTING CONTINUED FOCUS AND ACTIONS FOR IMPROVED COORDINATION | |
BETWEEN AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EARLY | |
LEARNING PROGRAMS | |
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Introduced By: Senator Hanna M. Gallo | |
Date Introduced: June 11, 2024 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, In 2023, the General Assembly required, and the Administration led a |
2 | process to review the Early Childhood Governance (ECG) structure; and |
3 | WHEREAS, In the final report, titled “RI Early Childhood Governance Systems |
4 | Analysis" released in December 2023, the ECG Working Group chose not to create a new |
5 | cabinet-level RI Office of Early Childhood Development and Learning; and |
6 | WHEREAS, The ECG Working Group decided to remain with the current "coordination" |
7 | governance model and outlined recommendations for ongoing improvements; and |
8 | WHEREAS, The ECG Working Group recommendations included: |
9 | • Implementing improved data infrastructure; |
10 | • Intra-agency coordination on guidance for problem-solving in the system; |
11 | • Engaging directly with providers and families to develop a set of metrics for |
12 | success; |
13 | • Establishing an annual unified budget submission and annual report on system |
14 | spending and performance outcomes; and |
15 | • Reviewing and updating the State’s quality standards and corollary requirements |
16 | for professional qualifications; |
17 | • Ensuring that supports for early care and education professionals are being |
18 | delivered effectively; |
19 | • Implementation of a "no wrong door approach" to enrolling in programs; and |
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1 | • Planning and implementing a strategy for cross-agency family engagement and |
2 | communications; now, therefore be it |
3 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby requests that the |
4 | Children’s Cabinet be required to host an open meeting by September of 2024 to review these |
5 | measures of progress; and be it further |
6 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
7 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Early Childhood Governance Working |
8 | Group, the Children’s Cabinet, Children's Friend Board of Directors, and Early Childhood |
9 | Education/RI Department of Education. |
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