House panel advances charter school moratorium legislation, sending it to House floor

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 1,723

Last Updated: 3 days, 5 hours ago

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More than four months after its introduction, the Rhode Island House’s version of a bill to impose a three-year moratorium on new charter schools passed the chamber’s Committee on Education in an 8-3 vote Monday.

The education panel passed an amended version of H7415 — sponsored by Rep. Mary Messier, a Pawtucket Democrat — alongside the bill’s Senate companion, S2787 by Sen. Melissa Murray, a Woonsocket Democrat, which passed its originating chamber …

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