Rhode Island General Laws Title 16. Education § 16-3-12. Regional school district financial meeting--Special meetings

(a) The regional school district financial meeting to which all the voters qualified to vote in their respective cities or towns on any proposition for the imposition of a tax or the expenditure of money shall be held on the first Monday in February of each year at eight o'clock (8:00) p.m. at the regional school district high school or any other location that the regional school district committee may publicly designate in advance; provided, however, that:

(b) Special meetings may be called by vote of the regional school district committee or upon petition of two hundred (200) district voters filed in writing with the committee; provided, however, that for the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District, a petition of five percent (5%) of registered voters shall be required to call a special meeting and the petition must be filed on or before May 15 of any year. The petition shall be presented in proper format with the signature, the printed name and the address of each registered voter, to the school committee at a duly convened school committee meeting.