AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION -- STUDENT SUCCESS ACT
Summary
Reduces the time, from three (3) years to one year, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 16, 2024
Last action Jun 7, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 6, 2024
How they voted
34–1
Passed
Total votes 35
Jun 6, 2024
D
Democratic30
100% Yea
R
Republican5
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 7, 2024
Committee
06/07/2024 Referred to House Finance
lower
Jun 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
06/06/2024 Senate read and passed
upper
Jun 4, 2024
Legislature · Passed
06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 1, 2024
Committee
05/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Apr 16, 2024
Introduced
04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education
upper
8 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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