2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 16 Education
CHAPTER 16-56 Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance
§ 16-56-2 General appropriation.
§ 16-56-2 General appropriation. – (a) The general assembly shall appropriate annually a sum to pay every award authorized by §§ 16-56-2 – 16-56-12. For each fiscal year the appropriation shall be determined by multiplying forty percent (40%) of the October enrollment for the prior four (4) June graduating classes eligible for new or renewed awards times one thousand dollars ($1,000). This sum may be supplemented from time to time by other sources of revenue including but not limited to federal programs.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the sums appropriated in each fiscal year are the sums appropriated for this purpose in Article 1 of P.L. 1992, ch. 133.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1977, ch. 238, § 3; P.L. 1980, ch. 402, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 291, art. 7, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 167, art. 28, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 425, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 14, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 40, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 30, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 404, § 20; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 52.)
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