AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE BRIGHT TODAY SCHOLARSHIP AND OPEN ENROLLMENT EDUCATION ACT

SB 112, "The Bright Today Scholarship and Open Enrollment Education Act," aims to provide K-12 students and their parents in Rhode Island with expanded educational choices. It establishes open enrollment, allowing students to attend public schools in their own or other districts. The bill also creates Bright Today Scholarships, or Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), which allow public funds to be used by parents for tuition, fees, textbooks, and other approved educational expenses at participating private schools or for private curriculum programs. Unused scholarship funds can roll over to future years.