Rhode Island bill sets student success funding factor at 50% for school districts with high poverty rates

Original title: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that in local education agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines, then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.)

Last action · May 19, 2026: Committee recommended measure be held for further studySponsors: Melissa Murray and 6 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Rhode Island where more than 45% of children live in families with incomes at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines would receive a equal to 50% of the .

Why it matters

Changes how state education aid is distributed to school districts serving high proportions of low-income students, directly affecting local public school funding formulas and property tax relief calculations.

Who It Would Have Affected

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Local education agencies

Qualifying school districts with high concentrations of low-income students receive a student success factor of 50% of the core instruction per-pupil amount.

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Which school districts qualify for the 50% student success factor under this bill?

where over 45% of children have a family income at or below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines.

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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.

Procedural history

3 actions

May 19, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
May 15, 2026
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2026)
Mar 4, 2026Introduced
Introduced, referred to Senate Finance

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