Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island bill would let school committees deny or defer homeschool plans.
In 2026, Rhode Island considered H8531, which would let school committees deny or defer homeschool plans, alongside bills to legalize raw milk, adopt a parents' bill of rights, and create a right-to-try law. None passed before the session ended.
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Let schools deny homeschool plans
The bill would authorize school committees to deny or defer approval of a proposed homeschooling plan in certain circumstances.
Parents, not school committees, should decide how to educate their children at home.
Phase down income tax rates
The bill would establish a phased reduction of personal income tax rates.
Families should keep more of what they earn.
Insurance coverage for professional midwives
The bill would require health insurance plans to cover services from licensed certified professional midwives.
Families who choose midwife care should have it covered.
Right to try for terminal patients
The bill would establish a terminally ill patients' right to try act.
Terminally ill patients should be free to try treatments with their doctors.
Legalize raw milk sales
The bill would permit and legalize the sale of raw milk.
Families should be free to buy raw milk from farmers they trust.
Ban polluting atmospheric experimentation
The Clean Air Preservation Act would set up a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation.
People should be protected from experiments in the air they breathe.
Parents’ bill of rights
The bill would provide a parents' bill of rights related to the health, education and welfare of minor children.
Parents should have clear rights over their children's health and education.