JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF STATE EDUCATION AID TO THE TOWN OF RICHMOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $331,064, the official text

H8476 2026 -- H 8476 ======== LC006354 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF STATE EDUCATION AID TO THE TOWN OF RICHMOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $331,064 Introduced By: Representative Megan L. Cotter Date Introduced: April 17, 2026 Referred To: House Finance 1 RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated to the TOWN OF RICHMOND 2 (hereinafter “Richmond”), which is part of the Chariho Regional School District, the sum of three 3 hundred thirty-one thousand, sixty-four dollars ($331,064), out of any monies in the treasury not 4 otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, to support and restore state 5 education aid to Richmond, and which sum is the amount by which total state education aid to 6 Richmond is proposed to be reduced by the Governor in his budget for the upcoming fiscal year; 7 and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general 8 treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, 9 upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. ======== LC006354 ======== EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF STATE EDUCATION AID TO THE TOWN OF RICHMOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $331,064 *** 1 This joint resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of three hundred 2 thirty-one thousand, sixty-four dollars ($331,064), to support and restore state aid to education to 3 Richmond, and which sum is the amount by which total state education aid to Richmond is 4 proposed to be reduced by the Governor in his budget for the upcoming fiscal year. ======== LC006354 ======== LC006354 - Page 2 of 2