David Cicilline: “I too want to begin by thanking outgoing Chairman Royce for his extraordinary leadership of this committee.”

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 —…

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.

We have to recognize that would include occupying part of Russia, toppling their government, and replacing them with a different government.

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.