state_legiscan_drain · RI
Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester be eligible for the same medical benefits as other full-time state employees.
February 6, 2026
Summary
If enacted, this bill would require Rhode Island state colleges and universities to offer adjunct faculty who teach at least 50% of full-time hours the same medical benefits as full-time state employees. This would extend state employee health insurance eligibility to qualifying part-time adjuncts.
Source: https://status.rilegislature.gov/
Common questions
- What does "Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester be eligible for the same medical benefits as other full-time state employees." cover?
- If enacted, this bill would require Rhode Island state colleges and universities to offer adjunct faculty who teach at least 50% of full-time hours the…
- When was it published?
- It was published on February 6, 2026.