{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-7-23.2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-7-23.2","heading":"School deficit reduction — Maintenance of effort provision.","body":"A city, town, or regional school district appropriating authority may appropriate supplemental funds to eliminate or reduce a school budget deficit. To the extent that such a supplemental appropriation represents payment of past annual expenditure, the payment shall not be used in the computation of the maintenance of effort requirements established by § 16-7-23.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 7 Foundation Level School Support [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-7/16-7-23.2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:43Z","sha256":"4d89cdea5c85bb4cc1c4dcf365e51902b7b22b8071c76470ffcfe6a73c0e0809","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-7-23.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-7-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}