Provides for increases or decreases in the amount of foundation level school support that a community would receive, based upon a community's ability to meet and surpass its minimum low- and moderate-income housing requirements.
Maddy summaryHouse Resolution 6324 recognizes May 6, 2025, as a "National Day of Reason" in the State of Rhode Island. This resolution encourages citizens, residents, and visitors to observe the day and focus on the importance of reason, critical thought, and free inquiry.
Maddy summaryHouse Resolution 6312 commemorates May 8, 2025, as "Rhode Island Home Visiting Day" in the State of Rhode Island. It encourages individuals and organizations to use home visiting resources to support children and families.
Reduces the time, from three (3) years to six (6) months, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student.
Maddy summaryHB 6248 allows city and town councils to adopt a property tax deferral program for eligible senior citizens, disabled citizens, and disabled veterans who own and occupy a single-family home. Under the program, property taxes can be postponed until the property is sold or all qualified owners die. The deferred taxes, along with 6% annual interest, will constitute a lien against the real estate. Homes with reverse mortgages or less than twenty percent equity are not eligible for this deferral.
Mandates all health insurance contracts from January 1, 2026, to cover FDA-approved contraceptives, sterilization, contraception counseling, follow-up services, and a twelve-month supply for Medicaid recipients.
Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to 27% of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid to the municipality annually.
Provides that in local educational agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.
Maddy summaryHB 5743 proposes several changes to teacher certification in Rhode Island. It would automatically extend existing teacher certifications, held as of July 1, 2025, for three or five years without fees. The bill also aims to boost teacher recruitment by waiving initial certification and Praxis exam fees for a three-year period. Furthermore, it would allow experienced teachers to acquire additional certifications and directs the Department of Education to create more flexible pathways for teacher and administrator certification, including recognizing non-traditional experience.
Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students.
