This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $100,000 to each public school in Rhode Island for school safety and security improvements.
Establishes the Failing School Choice Act and permits students at failing schools to enroll in any public school and also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.
Amends the definition of "small employer" for purposes of the small employer health insurance availability act to mean a business employing less than one hundred (100) employees rather than fifty (50) employees.
Mandates that any surplus state tax revenue received in any fiscal year be refunded to the taxpayers of this state on a proportional basis in relation to the personal income tax liability incurred by the taxpayers in that fiscal year.
Eliminates the gross earning tax for every corporation whose principal business is manufacturing, selling, distributing and/or transmitting current of electricity and natural gas to be used for light, heat, or motive power.
Phases in an annual increase of the net taxable estate exemption by ten percent (10%) per year until the state exemption equals the federal exemption.
Categorizes women by their biological identity at birth rather than their gender identity for purpose of organized sports.
Provides for a parents' bill of rights related to the health, education and welfare of their minor children.
Requires an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the state militia by the United States Congress before members of the National Guard may be released from state control to participate in active duty combat.
