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Cranston council urges state action on school transport bills, presses for fair funding formula
Summary
The Cranston City Council on May 27 passed a resolution supporting state bills on out-of-district student transportation and adopted a resolution urging restoration of a school funding formula the council says would net Cranston roughly $800,000.
The Cranston City Council on May 27 voted to support a state-level school transportation measure and adopted a separate resolution calling for restoration of the public-school fair funding formula that, the council says, would benefit Cranston by nearly $800,000.
Both items were introduced in the ordinance committee and moved to the full council for passage. The first resolution publicly backed House Bill 5420 and Senate Bills 636 and 397, which the council said relate to…
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