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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM"
+description: "Provides that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education directs all local education agencies to select one of the identified high-quality curricula and materials for science and technology no later than June 30, 2026."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 323"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 323 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Gu", "McKenney", "Urso"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-21"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83f6bcd0-b268-42be-8eb1-ab8ae4f9b708"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "25d9af1c48e44d11bcbd7d49db793dafc9b1f79cc90343ba02d5c850a3079ced"
+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 323 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
+
+Provides that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education directs all local education agencies to select one of the identified high-quality curricula and materials for science and technology no later than June 30, 2026.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **323 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0323A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2025)
+- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/06/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/83f6bcd0-b268-42be-8eb1-ab8ae4f9b708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+