Date: February 25, 2021

To add a new Article 6 to Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act for the purpose of creating the Institute's Academies and Workshops Program.

To amend Articles 8 and 10 of Law No. 85-2017, as amended, known as the “Law Against Harassment and Intimidation or 'Bullying' of the Government of Puerto Rico” or “Alexander Santiago Martínez Act”; to amend paragraph (i) of Article 9.07 of Law No. 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Education Reform Act”; add a new paragraph (d); and renumber the current paragraphs (d) to (u) as paragraphs (e) to (v) of Article 5 of Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, so that the data obtained and submitted in the annual report on the notification of cases of harassment, including “bullying” and cyberbullying, in public and private schools, higher education institutions and universities, are sent simultaneously by the Secretaries of Education and State to the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, for statistical interpretation by subject, so that public policies for the prevention and prohibition of harassment can be uniformly implemented; then submit to Secretariats of the House of Representatives and Senate of Puerto Rico; make grammatical and stylistic corrections; and adapt to current legislation.

Date: February 29, 2012

To order the Committee on Education and Non-Profit Organizations and Cooperatives of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives to carry out a study on the proliferation of institutions that offer degrees on an accelerated and remote basis, in order to verify that they comply with applicable laws and regulations, so as to ensure excellent education for their participants.