A NEW GRANT PROGRAM from the R.I. Department of Education is offering $7.5 million in grants to help local schools increase their environmental literacy programs.
CUMBERLAND – Local schools around Rhode Island looking to increase their environmental literacy programs will now have an opportunity to receive funding from the state to aid those initiatives. Gov. Daniel J. McKee, R.I. Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Regional Director Kyla Hastie announced Tuesday at Community School that…