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| 2022 -- H 7784 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/24/2022 |
| J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
| CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM |
Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, McLaughlin, Potter, and Amore |
| Date Introduced: March 03, 2022 |
| 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 joint legislative commission be and the same is hereby |
| created consisting of ten (10) members: five (5) of whom shall be members of the Senate, not |
| more than four (4) from the same political party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; |
| and five (5) of whom shall be members of the House, not more than four (4) from the same |
| political party, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House. |
| 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/Speaker of the House 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 and Speaker of the House, who shall appoint commission |
| Co-chairs, including one from the Senate and one from the House. |
| 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 and Speaker of the House on or before March 1, 2023, and said |
| commission shall expire on July 1, 2023. |
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