Education aid from slots sent to towns and cities

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island school districts have received their first checks – totaling $1.15 million – from a new revenue sharing provision that dedicates a portion of increased video-slot revenue to education aid.
Those initial payments represent the revenue from gaming operations that took place during expanded hours at Twin River in Lincoln for a seven-week period from May 12 to June 30, according to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Stephen D. Alves (D-West Warwick).
It does not include revenue anticipated for this fiscal year, which began July 1.
Alves issued an Aug. 15 press released touting the $34,131 check that West Warwick schools received under the revenue sharing provision. The fiscal 2009 budget estimates that West Warwick’s portion of the sharing could be more than $402,000 by fiscal year’s end.
The amount of money distributed to the districts initially varies greatly.
Providence – by far, the state’s largest district – received a first check of $323,719; Jamestown –one of the smallest districts – received $888. &#8226

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