S2527 • 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Provides that any school teaching sexual education to students shall provide the sexual education curriculum to every parent or guardian of a student, and the parent or legal guardian shall consent to the teaching of such sexual education curriculum.)

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Sponsor: Morgan
Last action: 2026-02-13
Official status: Introduced, referred to Senate Education
Effective date: Not listed

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AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Provides that any school teaching sexual education to students shall provide the sexual education curriculum to every parent or guardian of a student, and the parent or legal guardian shall consent to the teaching of such sexual education curriculum.)

What This Bill Does

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Provides that any school teaching sexual education to students shall provide the sexual education curriculum to every parent or guardian of a student, and the parent or legal guardian shall consent to the teaching of such sexual education curriculum.)

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Bill History

2026-02-13 Rhode Island General Assembly
Introduced, referred to Senate Education

Official Summary Text

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Provides that any school teaching sexual education to students shall provide the sexual education curriculum to every parent or guardian of a student, and the parent or legal guardian shall consent to the teaching of such sexual education curriculum.)

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S2527

2026 -- S 2527
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM

Introduced By:
Senator E Morgan

Date Introduced:
February 13, 2026

Referred To:
Senate Education
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Chapter 16-22 of the General Laws entitled "Curriculum [See Title 16
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Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby amended by adding thereto the
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following section:
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16-22-34.1. Instruction in sexual education.

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Any school providing instruction in sexual education to students, prior to providing such
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instruction to students, shall provide the sexual education curriculum to every parent or legal
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guardian that has a child in that school, in a form comprehensible to the parent or legal guardian.
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Every parent or legal guardian shall consent, in writing, to the instruction of such sexual education
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curriculum provided to that parent or legal guardian for any child in which they are exercising
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custodial rights.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
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This act would provide that any school teaching sexual education to students shall provide
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the sexual education curriculum to every parent or legal guardian with a child in that school, and
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the parent or legal guardian shall consent, in writing, to the teaching of such sexual education
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curriculum to their child.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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