H 8269

2026 -- H 8269
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  STATE  OF        RHODE  ISLAND
  IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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  AN ACT
      RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE
  EDUCATION COMMISSION
  Introduced By: Representatives Kazarian, and Casimiro
  Date Introduced: March 11, 2026
  Referred To: House Finance
    It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1  SECTION 1. Chapter 16-93.1 of the General Laws entitled "The Rhode Island Holocaust
2   and Genocide Education Commission [see Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of
3   Education Act]" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
4  16-93.1-8. Annual appropriation.
5  The general assembly shall appropriate, out of money in the treasury not otherwise
6   appropriated during any given fiscal year, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) annually to
7   the commission in furtherance of their education efforts.
8  SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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  EXPLANATION
  BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
  OF
  AN ACT
      RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE
  EDUCATION COMMISSION
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1  This act would annually allocate thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to the Rhode Island
2   Holocaust and Genocide Education commission.
3  This act would take effect upon passage.
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