Title: Establishes Budget for FY 2015-2016
Signed by Governor Gina Raimondo
Title: Establishes Budget for FY 2015-2016
Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funds for fiscal year 2015-2016.
Exempts an individual who has reached the Social Security retirement benefits age from paying taxes on Social Security income if that individual takes 1 of the following actions (Art. 11, Sec. 11):
Files a return as an unmarried individual, head of household, or married-filing-separate with a federal adjusted gross income of less than $80,000; or
Files a return as married-filing-jointly, or as a qualifying widower with a federal adjusted gross income of less than $100,000.
Establishes the Reinventing Medicaid Act of 2015 to increase the affordability and quality of health care (Art. 5).
Requires a school district to offer full-day kindergarten to every eligible student in order to qualify for state education aid (Art. 6, Sec. 1).
Requires the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide funding to support transition expenses for all districts that do not offer universal full-day kindergarten programs (Art. 6, Sec. 1).
Prohibits the appropriation for transition expenses from exceeding the amount of state aid that would have otherwise been provided to the district for operating a universal full-day kindergarten program (Art. 6, Sec. 1).
Amends the public pension system by lowering the retirement age, dependent on the number of years of service, and providing benefit adjustment payments (Art. 21, Sec. 11).
Title: Establishes Budget for FY 2015-2016
Title: Establishes Budget for FY 2015-2016