Raimondo proposes funding boost for education, job training; expansion of tuition-free program to RIC

Updated 7:01 p.m.

PBN Staff

01/15/2019

GOV. GINA M RAIMONDO will propose a $30 million increase in school funding and expanded job training in a budget she will release later this week. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo says she will propose a budget this week that boosts support for education and teacher training from pre-school through college, expands state investments in job creation and job training, and increases the minimum wage for the third year in a row, to $11.10. The initiatives include an additional $30 million…

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