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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PILOT PROGRAM FOR VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING | |
PLATFORM | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Biah, DeSimone, McGaw, Hull, J. Lombardi, Corvese, | |
Date Introduced: March 19, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled "EDUCATION" is hereby amended by |
2 | adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 117 |
4 | PILOT PROGRAM FOR VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING PLATFORM |
5 | 16-117-1. Establishment of virtual reality learning platform pilot program. |
6 | (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2026, the general assembly shall appropriate funds for |
7 | elementary and secondary education in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000), specifically |
8 | to be used to fund a pilot program to implement transformative and innovative instructional |
9 | strategies, aligned to the appropriate standards, for math and science courses through use of virtual |
10 | reality technology. |
11 | (b) The department of education shall issue a request for proposal for an experiential |
12 | learning platform that has demonstrated significant improvement in algebra 1 benchmark verified |
13 | by a third-party evaluation. The selected program shall offer tactile, multimodal learning |
14 | experiences that derive and teach standards-aligned math concepts and skills for grades six (6) |
15 | through twelve (12) STEM education. The program should immerse students in real world |
16 | problems in the economy to build career exposure and relevance, utilizing three (3) dimensional |
17 | models and interactives that visualize and manipulate abstract mathematical and scientific |
18 | concepts. |
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1 | (c) The funds appropriated shall be used to train and coach middle school and high school |
2 | mathematics teachers to utilize virtual reality technology to deliver efficacious problem and |
3 | student-centered lessons in their classrooms, including the use of virtual reality headsets, in districts |
4 | selected by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education throughout the state where |
5 | there is a demonstrated need for increased student engagement and achievement in mathematics. |
6 | (d) The request for proposal process shall be completed no later than August 1, 2025. The |
7 | selected provider shall provide a third party written report to the commissioner of elementary and |
8 | secondary education prior to the start of the next full school year following the beginning of the |
9 | pilot program demonstrating the impact of the program on student engagement and achievement. |
10 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PILOT PROGRAM FOR VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING | |
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1 | This act would establish a pilot program for a virtual reality learning platform to improve |
2 | mathematic skills for grades six (6) through twelve (12) STEM education and would appropriate |
3 | the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the program. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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