2025 -- S 0667 ======== LC002284 ======== S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 ____________ J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION OF $1,100,000 OF FUNDS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CATEGORICA L BUDGET Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Felag, Zurier, and Murray Date Introduced: March 07, 2025 Referred To: Senate Finance RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated an amount of money in the treasury not 1 otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2025-2026 the sum of twenty nine million nine hundred 2 thousand dollars ($29,900,000) of which one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) 3 shall be allocated to the department of human services to be used as core funding to sustain and 4 increase access to higher quality infant and toddler early care and education. 5 ======== LC002284 ======== LC002284 - Page 2 of 2 EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION OF $1,100,000 OF FUNDS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CATEGORICA L BUDGET *** This resolution requests appropriation of one million one hundred thousand dollars 1 ($1,100,000) for higher quality infant and toddler early care and education. 2 ======== LC002284 ========