---
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: "SB 2807"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2807 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2e54d11-9916-41fe-9541-4f862d3cafd6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a61a9d41a20f5d3ddc94ebc63de88be661c32c04b0ebc6e85d8bcb789ece4a37"
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 2807 (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. **2807** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2807.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2024)
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House 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/e2e54d11-9916-41fe-9541-4f862d3cafd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).