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Rhode Island’s K-12 System: High But Uneven Spending, Middling Results

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Rhode Island’s large investment ($3.66 billion) in elementary and secondary education has not yielded correspondingly high levels of student outcomes.  Analyzing Rhode Island’s K-12 spending and outcomes, RIPEC’s new report finds that the Ocean State’s per pupil spending levels are 8th highest in the nation. The report also finds wide variation in spending and outcomes across the

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Chronic Absenteeism in Rhode Island: Significant Gains but Uneven Results

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Chronic Absenteeism in Rhode Island Attendance Matters RI appears to have helped drive a sharp improvement in student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism from its post-pandemic peak and producing one of the largest declines nationwide. However, absenteeism remains a serious concern, with 22.1% of students chronically absent in 2024–25 and rates exceeding 40% in some district,

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RIPEC Reports on Rhode Island’s Shift in State and Local Taxes and K-12 Funding

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PROVIDENCE, RI –  The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) has released a new report analyzing a major shift in Rhode Island’s mix of state and local tax revenues, with significant implications for education funding, the state’s economy, and housing affordability. RIPEC’s report finds that Rhode Island’s tax system has undergone a profound transformation in

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Empty Seats: Enrollment and Chronic Absenteeism in Rhode Island Schools

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) today released a new report analyzing the linked trends of declining enrollment and increased chronic absenteeism. Using newly available data, RIPEC’s report helps explain why there are so many more empty seats in Rhode Island classrooms today than just a few years ago. RIPEC also

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Funding for Multilingual Learners in RI’s K-12 System

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) today released a policy brief analyzing funding for multilingual learners in Rhode Island. The brief highlights three main findings: “Rhode Island is behind the curve when it comes to funding for multilingual learners,” said RIPEC President & CEO Michael DiBiase. “The dollars simply haven’t matched

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RIPEC Reports on Changes to State Education Aid in FY 2024 State Budget

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Providence, R.I. – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) released a policy brief analyzing changes to Rhode Island’s education funding formula in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 state budget today. For FY 2024, the General Assembly established an enrollment loss transition fund and poverty loss stabilization fund, and made changes to the poverty measure and

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RIPEC Releases Road Map for Education Reform in Rhode Island

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Providence, R.I. – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) today released a report on the state of K-12 education in Rhode Island and recommendations to improve the education system. Through its in-depth historical and analytic study of the state’s K-12 system, RIPEC found that Rhode Island’s education system is in a state of crisis

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Rhode Island’s Funding Formula After Ten Years: Education Finance in the Ocean State

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council released a report on Rhode Island’s education finance system today. The report, the third in RIPEC’s series on municipal finance, found that the overhaul of the state’s education finance system a decade ago has been successful in increasing the state’s share of overall education revenues and

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An Analysis of Charter Public Schools in Rhode Island

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) released “An Analysis of Charter Public Schools in Rhode Island,” a look at the key issues surrounding charter public schools in the state, today. The report outlines charters’ history and legal framework; school, enrollment, and demographic data; financial structures; and student outcomes. Following its analysis,

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An Introduction to Municipal Finance in Rhode Island

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council released today “An Introduction to Municipal Finance in Rhode Island.” The first of a series, in this report RIPEC establishes a foundational overview of the structures of municipal finance in Rhode Island to serve as a backdrop for a more in-depth investigation into subject areas affecting

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