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3/11/2022
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Senate will introduce legislative package to strengthen and expand state’s child care and early childhood education system
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 STATE HOUSE, Providence – Rhode Island Senate leaders on Tuesday will host a news conference to announce a package of bills aimed at strengthening Rhode Island’s child care and early education system, and to dramatically accelerate the transition to universal pre-kindergarten.
The package will include a new, unified governance structure for early childhood care and education. It also would put the state on a path to achieve universal pre-k access for three- and four-year-olds by 2028.
The news conference will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, in the Senate Lounge, on the second floor of the State House. It will be live streamed on the General Assembly website.
What: News conference to announce package of Senate bills to strengthen and expand the state’s child care and early childhood systems.
Who: President of the Senate Dominick J. Ruggerio
Senate President Pro Tempore Hanna M. Gallo
Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Sandra Cano
Senator Alana M. DiMario
Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director, Rhode Island Kids Count
Mary Varr, Executive Director, Woonsocket Head Start Child Development Assoc.
Ngina Johnson, Early Childhood Education Director, Genesis Center
Bob Walsh, Executive Director, NEA RI
When: Tuesday, March 15 at 3:30 p.m.
Where: Senate Lounge, State House
For more information, contact:
Greg Pare, Director of Communications for the Senate
State House Room 112
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 276-5558
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