Legislation

Although we supported this legislation, we pointed out the absurdity that a student who could bring and administer sunscreen under this bill still wouldn’t be able to utilize an ointment to treat a sunburn without this discretionary permission.

After a decision last year from the former-Commissioner of Education affirmed guidelines for equity in public school field trips, it provoked considerable confusion and public attention. It was inevitable that legislation to address this would move swiftly through the legislature.

The ACLU opposed this legislation which would have indefinitely extended a reimbursement program for school districts that choose to hire additional SROs.

Both chambers collaborated to put forth a package of bills intended to provide a comprehensive overhaul of the public education system in Rhode Island.

This bill would have proposed an amendment to the Rhode Island constitution guaranteeing the right to an adequate education.

This legislation creates threat assessment teams for each school in Rhode Island and allows individual school boards to adopt relevant policies for their implementation.

This legislation would have implemented comprehensive privacy requirements for school-loaned computers.

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.

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.