David Cicilline: “We owe your whole generation an apology. The adults have failed you.”

What we’ve said to the General Assembly is you’re going to have to have a transition plan that takes that into account.

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.

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

Secretly, I was always hoping I would be surprised it would move really quickly, but as a practical matter, I knew that was not the case.