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June 19, 2006

Barrington hosting emergency meeting on school aid

BARRINGTON -- The Town Council will convene a special meeting tonight and could be joined by officials from other Rhode Island towns bracing for potential school aid cuts as part of the budget the state House of Representatives is considering today.

Since announcing the emergency meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. at Barrington Town Hall, Council President Jeffrey Brenner said this afternoon that town officials have received some inquiries from people in some of the communities facing cuts.

At issue is the recommendation, which cleared the House Finance Committee last week, that could cut tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars of the state aid recommendations that were in Governor Carcieri's proposal, according to Brenner and state aid numbers published in The Journal last week.

-- Journal staff writer Michael P. McKinney

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