---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Requires every school district/local education agency/city/town to report each fiscal year relating to funding/ administrative/program information from the American Rescue plan, elementary/secondary school emergency relief, and state/local recovery funds.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Requires every school district/local education agency/city/town to report each fiscal year relating to funding/ administrative/program information from the American Rescue plan, elementary/secondary school emergency relief, and state/local recovery funds.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 767"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 767 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Education", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Pearson", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0944a785-7878-400c-8272-cbca4ebaabbb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "aaecd5fbab21b8a1761ab07d039a62dbce19f6ff677a48c3e133245184bcb5eb"
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 767 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Requires every school district/local education agency/city/town to report each fiscal year relating to funding/ administrative/program information from the American Rescue plan, elementary/secondary school emergency relief, and state/local recovery funds.)

## Version chain

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

1. **767 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0767A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/0944a785-7878-400c-8272-cbca4ebaabbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).