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RI SB 2556

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AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE BRIGHT TODAY SCHOLARSHIP AND OPEN ENROLLMENT EDUCATION ACT

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Establishes a new educational program that allows students to enroll public and private schools of their choice.

Introduced
2026-02-13
Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-19 — 05/19/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rogersprimary
  • de la Cruzprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-13

    02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2026-05-15

    05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2026)

  3. 2026-05-19

    05/19/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://status.rilegislature.gov/

Attribution

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