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House Finance reviews $600M higher-education bond proposal focusing on URI, RIC and CCRI projects
Summary
House Finance heard presentations and public testimony on the governor’s proposed $600 million higher-education bond (Question 1), covering URI’s integrated health building, Rhode Island College’s Adams Library student-success center and CCRI’s workforce innovation center; committee members pressed institutions on scope, cost and enrollment impacts.
The House Finance Committee on Wednesday heard testimony on the governor’s proposed $600 million general-obligation bond package for higher education, with presentations from administration officials and leaders from the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island.
State budget officer Joe Cadega described the package as an effort “to keep construction work going on the campuses of the 3 institutions of higher education” and to drive employment through campus projects. Staff and institution representatives outlined three major ballot-linked projects under Question 1: URI’s integrated health building, Rhode Island College’s Student Success and Career Readiness Center at Adams Library, and CCRI’s workforce innovation center.
Sharon (staff presenter) told the committee URI requested a $166 million integrated health-building addition—about a 100,000-square-foot expansion to Whitehall, home of the College…
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