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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $400,000 TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE
ISLAND FOR THE GWO CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AT THE FLANAGAN CAMP US
Introduced By: Representatives Baginski, and Finkelman
Date Introduced: May 31, 2023
Referred To: House Finance
WHEREAS, In partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, 1
Rhode Island Commerce, the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council and 2
Building Futures, and Revolution Wind, the Community College of Rhode Island will establish 3
the State's first Global Wind Organization (GWO) training certificate program at the Flanagan 4
campus in Lincoln; and 5
WHEREAS, GWO training -- the international standard for offshore wind safety training 6
-- provides essential safety training for workers engaged in offshore wind farm construction and 7
operations; and 8
WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Energy estimates 43,000 new jobs will be created 9
in the offshore wind market by 2030. It is estimated that over the next decade, offshore wind 10
farms will create as many as 3,000 jobs in New England and generate an economic impact that 11
could reach $2 billion regionally; and 12
WHEREAS, The GWO training certificate program will initially certify up to 125 Rhode 13
Islanders to be eligible to work in the offshore wind industry and will play a key role in 14
establishing a pipeline of Rhode Island workers to construct the nation's first offshore wind farm 15
off the coastal waters of Rhode Island; and 16
WHEREAS, In furtherance of establishing the GWO training certificate program, the 17
Community College of Rhode Island applied for and received a grant of $500,000 from 18
Revolution Wind; and 19
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WHEREAS, It is necessary and essential for additional funding to be provided to 1
supplement the grant funds for the purpose of completing the build out projects required to 2
establish the GWO training certificate program; now, therefore be it 3
RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 4
otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars 5
($400,000) to the Community College of Rhode Island for the build out of the Flanagan Campus 6
Field House to establish a GWO training certificate program; and the state controller is hereby 7
authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, 8
or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated 9
vouchers. 10
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $400,000 TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE
ISLAND FOR THE GWO CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AT THE FLANAGAN CAMP US
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This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $400,000 to Community 1
College of Rhode Island for a GWO Certification Program at the Flanagan campus. 2
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