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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (Requires the principal at each school to provide an annual report on the number of graduating students and the number applying for admission to college or vocational training.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (Requires the principal at each school to provide an annual report on the number of graduating students and the number applying for admission to college or vocational training.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 998"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 998 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Higher Education", "Minors", "Research"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-06-30"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a662058-2d58-459b-b782-8d25eaed9265"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "af41dd224101bc0a73d4dc0463d78d913101224fb0161287fab52d03663d6f93"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 998 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (Requires the principal at each school to provide an annual report on the number of graduating students and the number applying for admission to college or vocational training.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0998.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a662058-2d58-459b-b782-8d25eaed9265`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+