Education Funding Survey 2024 RI League of Cities and Towns Question Title * 1. What is your role? Municipal CEO (Mayor, Manager, Administrator) Municipal CFO: Finance Official Superintendent School Business Official School Committee Chair/Member City/Town Council President/Member Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. What is your city/town or school district? Barrington Bristol Bristol-Warren Burrillville Central Falls Chariho Charlestown Coventry Cranston Cumberland East Greenwich East Providence Exeter Exeter-West Greenwich Foster Foster-Glocester Glocester Hopkinton Jamestown Johnston Lincoln Little Compton Middletown Narragansett New Shoreham Newport North Kingstown North Providence North Smithfield Pawtucket Portsmouth Providence Richmond Scituate Smithfield South Kingstown Tiverton Warwick West Greenwich West Warwick Westerly Woonsocket Question Title * 3. Please rank the top challenges from your perspective related to education funding. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A Predictability of funding for budgeting purposes N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A High-Cost Items: (Transportation, Special Education, English Language Learners, etc.) N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A Tuition to other schools N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A Education Funding Formula N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A Accountability and transparency N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A Charter School Funding N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A Career and Technical (CTE) Funding & Transportation Costs N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N/A Private School Costs, especially Transportation N/A Question Title * 4. Any additional challenges related to funding and budgeting not listed above? Question Title * 5. Does your organization use UCOA (Uniform Chart of Accounts) data? Yes No Question Title * 6. If your organization uses UCOA data, how is it being used? (please specify) Question Title * 7. Do you have suggestions on how to improve UCOA data in order to best serve your community/district? Question Title * 8. What type of solutions would you like to see implemented? (Select all that apply) Legislative Regulatory Training and Information Procedural Availability of Data Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Please share any solutions you would like to put forward. Done
