Rep. Joseph McNamara
Sponsored bills
Creates the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority which would allow eligible individual to discharge student loan debt.
Changes the name of The College Crusade Scholarship to the Onward We Learn Scholarship and provide that those scholarships would not be considered federal or financial aid with regard to the Promise Scholarship or Hope Scholarship Pilot Program.
Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $6,000,000 to Onward We Learn in RI.
Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.
Requires that present and former employees, active and retired members, and beneficiaries receiving any retirement, disability or death allowance receive a $2,000 increase per year.
Provides a 3% pension increase and annual COLAs.
Eliminates the sunset provision for the motion picture production tax credit.