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« Mayor Cicilline to field questions in Elmwood tonight | Today | CVS trial: The power is on -- for now at least » May 15, 2008House Finance to take up school aid todayPROVIDENCE -- The House Finance Committee is slated to hold a hearing today on legislation for a school-aid funding formula. The hearing on a Fair Share Education Funding Formula bill is scheduled at the rise of the House session -- around 6 p.m. -- in Room 35 in the State House basement. The bill's sponsors say it would create a "permanent, equitable and predictable formula for distributing educational dollars to local school districts," according to a news release. The formula would consider the number of public school students in a community and the school needs of those children, "making weighted allowances for low-income children, English-language learners, special-education students and career and technical students." The legislation also would also take into account a community's resources and ability to pay for its schools, the sponsors say. The hearing will be broadcast live on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Channel 15 for Cox Communications and Full Channel cable subscribers and Channel 34 for Verizon subscribers. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsConcerned Person | May 15, 2008 11:32 AM link This bill has roughly a ZERO PERCENT chance of survival. Throwing good money after bad isn't going to solve Providence's crappy schools. All this bill will do is underfund all the other districts in the state so NOBODY'S kid learns anything and they grow up dependent on the government to survive. Greg | May 15, 2008 1:21 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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EVERYONE should check out this Bill and the formula. Under this new formula, Providence will get an additional FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS over 3 years. Other districts will lose close to that amount. Citizens of every community are subsidizing the Providence schools, and because of other legislation, other cities and towns can't afford to fund their own schools. This is WRONG.