All Legislation

Legislation
May 17, 2019
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  • Students’ Rights

School Resource Officer Funding (H 5370)

The ACLU opposed this legislation which would have indefinitely extended a reimbursement program for school districts that choose to hire additional SROs.
Legislation
May 17, 2019
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  • Students’ Rights

Education Reform

Both chambers collaborated to put forth a package of bills intended to provide a comprehensive overhaul of the public education system in Rhode Island.
Legislation
Apr 26, 2019
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  • Students’ Rights

Right to an Education (H 5252, S 42)

This bill would have proposed an amendment to the Rhode Island constitution guaranteeing the right to an adequate education.
Legislation
Apr 05, 2019
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  • Students’ Rights

Threat Assessment Teams (H 5538, S 818)

This legislation creates threat assessment teams for each school in Rhode Island and allows individual school boards to adopt relevant policies for their implementation.
Legislation
Apr 05, 2019
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  • Students’ Rights

School Computer Privacy (S 549)

This legislation would have implemented comprehensive privacy requirements for school-loaned computers.
Legislation
Mar 19, 2019
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  • Students’ Rights

Over-the-Counter Medication In Schools (H 5323, S 264)

While current regulations require school authorization for students to bring over-the-counter medication to school, we argue that students shouldn’t need permission from a school nurse to bring Tums or Midol on campus. These bills would have addressed this issue.
Legislation
Feb 22, 2019
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  • Students’ Rights

Military Recruiter School Access (H 5250)

This bill would have granted access to student names, addresses, and phone numbers to military recruiters unless the student or parent of the student opted out of having this information made available.