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5/24/2021
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Rep. Biah named Early Childhood Fellow by National Conference of State Legislatures
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 STATE HOUSE – Rep. Nathan W. Biah (D-Dist. 3, Providence) has been named as a fellow in the National Conference of State Legislators Early Childhood Program.
The endeavor is designed to support legislators and legislative staff who are experienced or emerging leaders on early childhood and early learning issues. The program is geared toward those chairing or serving on human services, education or appropriation committees who want to expand their knowledge and learn from other legislators and experts across the country.
“As a long-time educator in the Providence school system, I have seen the tremendous importance of successful early childhood education initiatives. By instilling the value of education early in our student’s lives, their opportunities for adulthood success greatly improves, benefitting themselves, their families and the community at large. I am eager to begin this worthy work with my fellow attendees and I am looking forward to bringing back what I learn to help our early childhood students achieve the success that they deserve,” said Representative Biah.
States have been leading efforts to improve the quality of child care, implementing preschool and innovative ways to support families with young children across the age spectrum from birth to kindergarten and into the early grades. They are also addressing challenges with governance, financing, data systems and teacher training/professional development.
The Rhode Island General Assembly and other state legislatures have been addressing program and policy issues such as providing high-quality child care and prekindergarten, financing strategies, teacher professional development, family support issues like home visiting, and early childhood governance challenges in their states.
The fellowship will include online learning platforms in June, July and August, covering such topics as family and child well-being, environment and early childhood, and local and state systems.
For more information, contact:
Andrew Caruolo, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-6124
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