David Cicilline: “Let this hearing serve as a warning to the Putin regime we will do all we can to hold you and your enablers responsible…”

The difference is you’ll be increasing education funding and distributing it through a formula that’s fair and equitable, and ensure that every student in Rhode Island has access to what they need to be successful.

Democracies consistently prove to be the most reliable geopolitical allies and trading partners for our country.

You can’t have a statewide school funding system that is fair to everyone — that’s equitable, that covers all costs of education, so that every student, no matter where they live, is treated the same, and every taxpayer treated the same —…

The future economic prosperity of our state is directly dependent on our ability to get this right.