How much more? Report suggests more work to be done to redo Rhode Island’s school funding formula.

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: October 7, 2026

Words: 1,134

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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Freshly crunched numbers for a proposed overhaul of how Rhode Island calculates the bulk of the state’s share of local school funding would increase annual state education formula aid by an additional $525 million over this year — a number which does not include new expenses the proposal was designed to shift to the state.

The new report submitted Oct. 1 by the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) to …

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