Rhode Island Bill Includes Medicaid Enrollment in Student Success Factor for Education Aid

Original title: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that a student's enrollment in Medicaid would be included in calculating and determining the student success factor for use in the foundation education-aid formula.)

Last action · May 19, 2026: Committee recommended measure be held for further studySponsors: Jonathon Acosta and 9 others

Companion · H 7454same policy, House version

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What This Bill Proposed

Rhode Island bill S 2226 requires that student enrollment in Medicaid be factored into calculating the used within the state's .

Why it matters

Modifies how state education funding is distributed to local school districts based on the health program enrollment of their student populations.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

School districts

State education aid allocations are calculated using the updated student success factor formula that includes Medicaid enrollment.

Directly affected

Students enrolled in Medicaid

Their enrollment status is factored into the state's foundation education-aid formula calculations.

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What does bill S 2226 change about education funding?

It incorporates student enrollment in Medicaid into the calculation determining the for the .

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.

Procedural history

3 actions

May 19, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 15, 2026
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2026)
Jan 23, 2026Introduced
Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

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