“As the number of English learners in Rhode Island continues to rapidly increase, education officials are seeking more than $20 million to be added to the next state budget for districts teaching these students. The new budget request from the R.I. Department of Education (RIDE) was submitted to Governor Dan McKee in the past week, asking that students learning English — known as multilingual learners — be factored into the state funding formula at a higher weight.”
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