Senate Education Bills to Reform the Providence Public Schools

Senate Bill No. 745
BY  Zurier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — TEACHERS’ TENURE (Amends the teachers’ tenure act for Providence public school teachers and provides a process for the dismissal and demotion for teachers or other persons assigned full-time to the school.)
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03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming

 

Senate Bill No. 746
BY  Zurier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Changes salary minimum schedule for providence teachers.)
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03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming

 

Senate Bill No. 747
BY  Zurier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — TEACHERS’ TENURE (Allows the Providence public School district by reason of a substantial decrease of pupil population within its school system, to suspend teachers in numbers necessitated by the decrease in pupil population and provide a process for any suspensions.)
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03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
Senate Bill No. 860
BY  Zurier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Allows the board of regents to appoint a receiver to manage a school district with the authority described in § 16-7.1-5.2 relating to state intervention in the Providence public school district.)
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03/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education
Senate Bill No. 861
BY  Zurier
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION — THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Allows when authorized by the board of regents, the commissioner to designate a receiver for the district with all the powers of the superintendent and school committee.)
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03/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education