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
