---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SHEILA C. \"SKIP\" NOWELL ACADEMY"
description: "Provides for changes to the operating structure of the Nowell Academy establishing a cooperative agreement among school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7560"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7560 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Roberts", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cdd806b-8927-411b-8d73-0319cbfc8dba"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0470d56fe6b4cb97aa63f91febad1d71fe0f0a62871200fb995e83922bd3823c"
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 HB 7560 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SHEILA C. "SKIP" NOWELL ACADEMY

Provides for changes to the operating structure of the Nowell Academy establishing a cooperative agreement among school districts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7560.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2024)
- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2024)
- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/26/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/7cdd806b-8927-411b-8d73-0319cbfc8dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).