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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION OF $1,100,000 OF FUNDS FOR INFANTS AND

TODDLERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S EARLY CHILDHOOD

EDUCATION CATEGORICAL BUDGET

     Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Felag, Zurier, and Murray

     Date Introduced: March 07, 2025

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated an amount of money in the treasury not

otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2025-2026 the sum of twenty nine million nine hundred

thousand dollars ($29,900,000) of which one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000)

shall be allocated to the department of human services to be used as core funding to sustain and

increase access to higher quality infant and toddler early care and education.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION OF $1,100,000 OF FUNDS FOR INFANTS AND

TODDLERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S EARLY CHILDHOOD

EDUCATION CATEGORICAL BUDGET

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     This resolution requests appropriation of one million one hundred thousand dollars

($1,100,000) for higher quality infant and toddler early care and education.

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