---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM"
description: "Enables cities and towns to enact enabling legislation authorizing a partner program to assist students with an IEP for specially designed physical education classes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2280"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2280 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5965a5-9ea7-4f47-ae51-c8c9d80d5706"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f1a455e151f419e557a47c0d26347730a8924c757a4c07b8fa85a58a89e00b3e"
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 2280 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM

Enables cities and towns to enact enabling legislation authorizing a partner program to assist students with an IEP for specially designed physical education classes.

## Version chain

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

1. **2280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2280.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2024)
- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/dd5965a5-9ea7-4f47-ae51-c8c9d80d5706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).