The problem is that in Rhode Island, the Town Council has very little control over the School budgets. The School Deptartment can pretty much ask and get whatever they want (or they can sue under the Carullo Act with all the legal bills paid by the taxpayer), then the Town has to raise taxes to pay for it. Instead of going this route, the solution is to repeal the Carullo act and make the School Department just another Department that has to submit a budget for approval by the Council. Then they must stay within that budget.
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