RI H8160

Removes the requirement for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to prorate funds among school districts when total reimbursement requests exceed appropriated funding for special education excess costs, out-of-district non-public school transportation, and regional school district transportation

Eliminates the provision linking categorical education programs (special education, career/technical education, pre-K, stabilization funds, transportation, and regionalization bonuses) to the transition funding plan in § 16-7.2-7

Affects multiple categorical funding streams including extraordinary special education costs (those exceeding four times the core foundation amount), career and technical education investments, and the Central Falls/Davies/Met Center Stabilization Fund

Takes effect upon passage