Sen. Jessica de la Cruz
Sponsored bills
Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.
Establishes a new educational program that allows students to enroll public and private schools of their choice.
Provides another method for municipalities to identify and calculate private residences as low- and moderate-income housing. This method is in addition to and not in lieu of other methods permitted under law.
Allows municipalities without public transportation extending to urban service boundaries to reduce the low- or moderate-income housing requirements from 10% to 6%.
Permits Rhode Island residents, 21 years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit.