AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR SHORTAGE TEACHING FIELDS

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Overview Bill text 1 History 1 Sponsors 9

Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Jan 16, 2026
Last action: Jan 16, 2026 — 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
Sponsor: Meghan Kallman D
Session: 2026
Momentum: 42 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 11%, measured from RI's completed sessions
Momentum -2 42/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 267 days quiet
Cosponsors +10 8 signed on
Sponsor influence +1 64/100

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