Statistics Institute and Department of Education announce agreement to improve quality and access to non-confidential school statistics

To order the Committee on Education, Art and Culture of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to carry out a thorough investigation regarding compliance with the implementation in public schools of the protocol in cases of bullying, as established in Circular Letter No. 12‐2012‐2013; and for other purposes.

To add a new Article 115 and renumber the current Articles 115 and 116 as Articles 116 and 117 respectively, of Act No. 187-2015, as amended, known as the “Interagency Validation Portal Act for the Granting of Incentives for Economic Development of Puerto Rico”, in order to postpone the effectiveness of the Act and to relieve any agency, agency or instrument of the Government of Puerto Rico, municipality or public corporation, that is considered an Issuing-Certifying Agency or Receiving-Granting Agency, of comply with Articles 6 to 10 and Articles 14 to 112 of the Act in everything related to Certification of Compliance, retroactively from November 17, 2015 to January 1, 2018; to provide that any Issuing-Certifying Agency or Receiving-Granting Agency must continue to accept, receive, process, process and evaluate requests for incentives or tax benefits to

To amend Articles 3, 10, 12 and 13 of Law No. 20-2012, as amended, known as the “Act to Encourage the Export of Services” in order to include medical tourism services and telemedicine facilities as part of the services eligible under the Act; to eliminate bureaucratic restrictions and requirements that limit the granting of tax incentives to applicants for these, in order to promote greater participation of those who wish to invest to export their services outside the Island, in order to promote economic development of Puerto Rico; and for other related purposes.

To order the Committee on Education, Art and Culture of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to conduct an investigation into the level of compliance of the Puerto Rico Department of Education with the provisions of Law 165-2011, with regard to School Dropout Reports.

Symposium held: Use of data from open portals