Legislation

We strongly support this bill which would have appropriately allocated $2,000,000 for the hiring of school social workers.

We supported a critical piece of legislation which would largely eliminate the ability for a K-5 student to be given an out-of-school suspension and strengthen the current reporting requirements for school districts.

We urged amendments to this bill which commendably attempts to establish a pilot program in two high schools to try to increase student attendance through the aggressive provision of supportive services.

We supported this bill which would propose an amendment to the Rhode Island constitution guaranteeing the right to an adequate education.

We urged enactment of a bill which would provide specific technological privacy protections for students.

We opposed two pieces of legislation which would have indefinitely extended the reimbursement structure that had previously existed for SROs, incentivizing schools to continue to hire personnel who are not adequately trained in youth mental and behavioral health, such as SROs.