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Chariho committee tables resolution urging amendment to state law on private-school transportation costs
Summary
The committee discussed a resolution asking the General Assembly to amend R.I. Gen. Laws 16-21-15 to require nonprofit private schools to share the cost of statewide student transportation. After lengthy debate about local fiscal impacts and reimbursement mechanics, the committee unanimously tabled the resolution for revision and further study.
The Chariho School Committee discussed and then tabled a proposed resolution asking the Rhode Island General Assembly to amend R.I. Gen. Laws 16-21-15 so that nonprofit private schools share in the cost of the statewide transportation system.
Background and what was proposed: Presenters said the district currently pays nearly the full cost of transporting students who attend non-public, nonprofit private schools under existing state practice; the resolution would request a change so private schools bear some of that cost, which proponents said would reduce the district's transportation expense (the administration cited roughly $800,000 as the…
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