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1/30/2025
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Rep. Read given committee assignments
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STATE HOUSE — Speaker of the House K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) has appointed Rep. Earl A. Read III (D-Dist. 26, Coventry, West Warwick, Warwick) to serve on the House Committee on Education and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
The House Education Committee considers legislation pertaining to education, including student performance, governance, programming and teacher preparation and planning. The House Committee on Veterans Affairs hears all legislation impacting the lives of Rhode Island veterans and those currently in military service.
Representative Read was first elected to the House of Representatives in November.
He is a criminal justice instructor at the Regional Career and Technical Center at Coventry High School. Previously, he served with the Warwick Police Department for 23 years of honorable service, retiring as a detective lieutenant in 2018.
He is a lifelong Rhode Islander and graduated from Cranston West High School in 1989. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1996 and a master’s degree in criminal justice studies from Roger Williams University in 2004. He has served as a member of the Coventry Juvenile Hearing Board since 2017 and as a member of the Rhode Island Department of Education’s Career and Technical Standards Committee since 2018.
For more information, contact:
Daniel Trafford, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-1922
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