§ 16-83-2 - Legislative findings. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 16-83-2

   § 16-83-2  Legislative findings. – It is hereby found and declared as follows:

   The importance of education and the need to educate ourchildren to ensure the future of our state's work force and economicdevelopment is one of the major goals of the general assembly; and

   Our state's top educators have been calling for school reformthat will help produce a higher performing public school that best meets theeducational needs of students; and

   The governor is calling upon our state's business leaders tojoin the crusade for school change and reform by becoming involved in schoolissues and by being part of the solution to help improve our public schools.

   The business education roundtable has been a catalyst for theinvolvement of our business leaders in school reform; and

   The school improvement report of 2001 found that asignificant number of Rhode Island middle schools performed poorly. Inaddition, the 2002 middle school performance analysis showed similar results;and

   The "Rhode Island Middle School Reform Act of 2004" isdesigned to improve education in all the middle schools in Rhode Island.