Economic Progress Institute Media Advisory: Sponsors, advocates to rally in support of Multilingual Education

Sens. Mark McKenney and Lammis Vargas and Rep. David Morales will be joined by the Economic Progress Institute, the Latino Policy Institute and Conexion Latina Newport at a State House rally tomorrow to call for the passage of legislation to invest in multilingual education in Rhode Island.

The event is scheduled tomorrow, Tuesday, March 18, at 3 p.m. in front of the State House on the Smith Street side of the building.

The first bill (2025-S 0785, 2025-H 5744), sponsored by Senator Vargas (D-Dist. 28, Cranston, Providence) and Representative Morales (D-Dist. 8, Providence), would establish scholarship programs in urban core and urban ring schools for bilingual, dual language and world teacher certificates for college students and teachers. The second bill (2025-S 0457, 2025-H 5982), sponsored by Senator McKenney (D-Dist. 30, Warwick) and Rep. Leonela Felix (D-Dist. 61, Pawtucket), would establish a dual language program within the Department of Elementary and Secondary education to support dual language education programs in schools