To amend Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13 and 21, add a new Article 22 and renumber Article 22 as Article 23 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, for the purpose of making technical amendments; providing that the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico may request, accept and receive donations; establish that the sums collected by this concept may be used to defray the operating and operating expenses of the Institute and the statistical activities that the Institute determines; provide for the power of the Board of Directors of the Institute to approve the acquisition of equipment, materials and services whose value exceeds the amount of one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars; provide that the Board of Directors shall have as part of its duties and powers the authority to adopt the ethical standards applicable to any person who works in the statistical units of government agencies or who advises, intervenes or collaborates with the Statistical Production Service of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; constitute a work unit and allocate the necessary resources to, at the request of any person, private entity or government agency, or the Judicial Branch, to provide compensated services; clarify the obligations of government agencies regarding the sending of statistical information to the Institute; provide that the Governor will include in the model budget the calculations for the current expenses of that Institute, without reviewing them, to guarantee its fiscal stability; create the Program of Academies and Workshops of the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico; establish a certification system for continuing education as a requirement for occupying and remaining in a position or position, or offering outside consulting or advice; ordering the Institute to prepare the necessary forms for notification by government bodies, and for other related purposes.

Date: March 7, 2025

To add a new Article 11.05 to Law 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Educational Reform Act”, for the purpose of providing for the creation of a so-called “University Alliances Program”, which will have the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of the Department of Education to sign any necessary agreements or collaboration agreements with the University of Puerto Rico, so that the latter, through its students and teachers from the different schools of Education on the campuses of the system, provides mentoring, tutoring and support for students and teaching and non-teaching staff, in tasks related to the care and provision of supplementary services to the student population, in the different schools of the public education system, in order to ensure that remedial aid is obtained for students who are academically lagging behind, provided that such costs are reasonably compared with current prices in the market and that, in effect, they can be provided by the said university institution; repeal Law 47-2019, known as” Public School Student Support Act of the Government of Puerto Rico”; and for other related purposes.

To create the “Financial Transparency Act of the Government of Puerto Rico”, with the purpose that all agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico, public corporations and municipalities, sign a collaborative agreement with the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics to join its financial transparency platform; and for other related purposes.