Reminder - Education Reform Starts with School Buildings 10/17

Education Reform Starts with School Buildings

Foundation for Success: State Infrastructure in Rhode Island

In partnership with TD Securities (USA) LLC and RebuildRI, the Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership at Bryant is pleased to invite private, nonprofit, and public sector leaders to a symposium on the needs and methods for funding Infrastructure in the state of Rhode Island. 

 To Register - Free

Amended information on Funding for School Housing

School Housing Aid Statute

Percentages cities/town are reimbursed

Providence’s troubled city pension fund, in three charts

The sizable shortfall in Providence’s pension system for retired city workers has become a major topic of discussion in this year’s race for mayor, with facts and figures flying fast and furious.

See information on the pension fund prepared by WPRI

Reminder - two Providence LWV events‏

Reminder –Providence League of Women Voters events

1) Tomorrow: A Providence Conversation - Crumbling Schools: Too Awful to Ignore


The Providence League of Women Voters invites you to talk with:
Joseph Da Silva, School Construction Coordinator, RI Department of Education

 

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 

603 Angell St, Providence, 7: 00 pm

For more information, contact
joan.retsinas@gmail.com, (401)272-0422

2) Mayoral Debate, Thursday, October 9, Rochambeau Library, 6 pm (seating will start by 5:30)

With Vincent Cianci, Jorge Elorze, Daniel Harrop

The Providence Community Library has organized this debate; the Providence League of Women Voters is providing the moderator, the time-keepers, the question-gatherers.

Background Materials for Conversation on Crumbling Schools 10/8

RI (School) Housing Aid Formula

What each city/town receives (table)

EDUCATION FORMULAS AND FAIRNESS TO THE TAXPAYERS

Foundation formulas are used by states for two purposes: to calculate how much the education of children costs and to determine how to share those costs between state and local governments. These formulas can have different calculations for determining the local share. The state supplements the local share to reach the total cost of the foundation program. This paper looks at the local share calculation of the current Rhode Island formula and at the calculations of two other types of foundation formulas. Which formula is easiest to understand? Which one is fairest to the taxpayer?

The complete paper together with six tables

Rhode Island Voter Information Handbook 2014

In preparation for November's general election, R.I. Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis wants voters to be on the lookout for the 2014 Rhode Island Voter Information Handbook, which should begin appearing in local mailboxes in early October.