JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF STATE EDUCATION AID TO THE TOWN OF RICHMOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $331,064 (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $331,064 to the Town of Richmond, for education aid.)

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF STATE EDUCATION AID TO THE TOWN OF
RICHMOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $331,064

Introduced By:
Representative Megan L. Cotter

Date Introduced:
April 17, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
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RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated to the TOWN OF RICHMOND
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(hereinafter “Richmond”), which is part of the Chariho Regional School District, the sum of three
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hundred thirty-one thousand, sixty-four dollars ($331,064), out of any monies in the treasury not
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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, to support and restore state
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education aid to Richmond, and which sum is the amount by which total state education aid to
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Richmond is proposed to be reduced by the Governor in his budget for the upcoming fiscal year;
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and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general
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treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required,
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upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF STATE EDUCATION AID TO THE TOWN OF
RICHMOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $331,064
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This joint resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of three hundred
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thirty-one thousand, sixty-four dollars ($331,064), to support and restore state aid to education to
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Richmond, and which sum is the amount by which total state education aid to Richmond is
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proposed to be reduced by the Governor in his budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
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