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SirKelly: Thank you for pointing out the underlying defect with the two-time election reject's latest lie; I agree with WwkVoter, the two-time election reject is so delusional and so obsessed with the former city chief of staff that he has invented yet another false claim about him.
I also agree with WwkVoter that the two-time election reject will somehow distort your comment into "proof" that Mark Carruolo had something to do with the law named after George Caruolo and passed in 1995, which you can read here: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/title16/16-2/16-2-21.4.htm
Honest, taxpaying, intelligent readers will realize from reading the law that the school committee has, so far, followed the specific course of action outlined under Caruolo.
They will also know that one of the key questions for the court to address is whether the city is meeting its legally-mandated obligations under the state's maintenance of effort law, which requires cities and towns to provide at least the same amount of school funding from one year to the next.
Mayor Solomon and the city council would be wise to review this decision by the Rhode Island Commissioner of Education from 2009, which states: "We conclude that the force of the maintenance of effort law (R.I.G.L. 16-7-23) cannot be evaded by having a town or city directly pay for a school expenditure rather than appropriating the money into the school account, as required by law, so that the school committee itself can pay the expenditure, and thereby establish the lawfully required maintenance of effort level for the community."
http://www2.ride.ri.gov/applications/RideDirectory/DOCS/2009/0017-09_Town_of_W._Warwick_v_W._Warwick_School_Committee_08-31-09.pdf
This means that, when the maintenance of effort standard is reviewed in court, the city may not be able to argue that it is meeting that standard by making the school department's bond payments directly.
In basic terms, the city is required by law to provide the school department with a bottom-line appropriation to fund the state-mandated Basic Education Plan, and can not use other methods to pay school bills.
As a result, it is highly likely that this legal tactic will not work for the city.
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