---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT"
description: "Provides the state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures would be paid to the city of East Providence in twelve (12) monthly installments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7543"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7543 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Henries", "Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26a74c85-e26d-4990-a3f4-f65a99afa2a0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "15c9441f3c4f0779df0873ed6f33501c13d7816340d9c52e9b348691f87e67de"
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 7543 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT

Provides the state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures would be paid to the city of East Providence in twelve (12) monthly installments.

## Version chain

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

1. **7543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7543.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** 02/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 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/26a74c85-e26d-4990-a3f4-f65a99afa2a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).