Explanatory Memorial requested by the Joint Commission for the Continuous Review of the Puerto Rico Criminal Code for the public hearing entitled “Protecting Minors in Digital Environments: Identifying Legal Gaps in the Puerto Rico Criminal Code Regarding Grooming in Preparatory Stages, Cyberbullying as an Autonomous Crime and Sextortion of Minors

Date: September 30, 2013

To establish as public policy the formulation of continuous and recurrent ten-year education plans, with broad citizen participation, that give direction and link, starting from the decade 2014-2024, the Department of Education, the Puerto Rico Council of Education and other related agencies; to establish mechanisms and structures for broad citizen participation for the formulation and approval of the same; to adopt the initial proposal of thematic axes that emerge from citizen forums, transsectoral dialogues and the Working Table, which will be object of consultation, discussion and citizen deliberation; creating the Transsectoral Commission for the Ten-Year Education Plan (CTPDE), an entity responsible for facilitating citizen consultation and deliberation processes, as well as designing, convening and directing the General Assembly of the Ten-Year Education Plan; providing for the Proclamation and implementation of ten-year plans; allocating budget for the consultation, deliberation and formulation of plans.

Date: November 2, 2022

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 to determine; provide for the power of the Board of Directors of the Institute to approve the acquisition of equipment, materials and services whose value exceeds 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; clarify the obligations of government agencies regarding the submission of statistical information to the Institute; to 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 external consulting or advice; ordering the Institute to prepare the forms necessary for notification by government agencies, and for other related purposes.

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