| Chapter 214 |
| 2026 -- H 8125 Enacted 06/19/2026 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- MILITARY CHILD ACT |
Introduced By: Representatives Azzinaro, Corvese, Fellela, Santucci, Phillips, Costantino, Read, Solomon, Noret, and Kennedy |
| Date Introduced: February 27, 2026 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Title 30 of the General Laws entitled "MILITARY AFFAIRS AND |
| DEFENSE" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
| CHAPTER 30.4 |
| THE MILITARY CHILD ACT |
| 30-30.4-1. Short title. |
| This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Military Child Act." |
| 30-30.4-2. Definitions. |
| As used in this chapter: |
| (1) “Military-connected student” means a student who is the dependent of either a person |
| in the active military service of the United States or in a full-time status during active service with |
| a force of the Rhode Island national guard. |
| 30-30.4-3. Advance enrollment. |
| A military-connected student whose parent or guardian is being relocated to this state under |
| military orders and is transferred to or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state, |
| shall be deemed to be a resident pupil of a school system of a city or town for the purposes of |
| enrollment. The Rhode Island board of education shall permit military-connected students to enroll |
| preliminarily by remote registration without charge and shall not require the parents or guardians |
| of the military-connected student or the student to physically appear at a location within the district |
| to register the student, if the parents or guardians present evidence of military orders that a parent |
| or guardian shall be stationed in this state during the current or following school year. The parents |
| or guardians may use an address within the school district where the military-connected student is |
| to be enrolled of a temporary on-base billeting facility, a purchased or leased home or apartment, |
| or federal government or public-private venture off-base military housing. Proof of required |
| residency shall not be required at the time of the remote registration, but shall be required within |
| ten (10) days of the student’s attendance in the school system of the city or town where the student |
| resides. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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