Rhode Island General Laws Title 16. Education § 16-89-2. Findings of fact

(1) The present financial resources of cities, towns and the state are stretched to their limit with regard to providing adequate funding for education, yet the need to fund public education at its present level remains unabated.

(2) School districts, school departments, and school committees are limited in their ability to seek alternative sources of funding for budgetary items outside of the annual appropriation of state aid to education and municipal tax levies.