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Featured Spreadsheet: Complete List of FY09 Federal Earmarks (including RI's $37 Million Share)**Premium

Featured White Paper: Sources of Educational Data on the Web **Premium

Featured Analysis: A Statistical Analysis of Special Interests in Rhode Island **Premium (requires login)

Campaign Finance

Education

Federal Resources

Healthcare

Infrastructure

Portsmouth Issues

Municipal Finance

Pension Issues

Public Expenditures

State Debt

State Employees

Taxes

Unions


*Campaign Finance*
Search all RI Campaign Finance Filings FEATURED!

*Education*
Sources of Educational Data on the Web Premium**	Will Better Teachers Fix Education?
Connecticut State Study of Binding Arbitration, 2006	Handbook for California School Board Members
2009 RI SAT Scores by District	The Education Intelligence Agency
How Step Salaries Work in RI Teacher Contracts	National Education Association
Search RI Education Statistics!	Great Schools.net
2008 RI SAT Scores by District	PSK12.com
2007 RI SAT Scores by District	The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Charter Schools in Rhode Island	Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals
Education Week: School Quality in RI, 2008	The Center for Educational Reform (CER)
RIDE NECAP Data, Reports and Guides	RI Association of School Committees (RIASC)
RIDE: Out-of-district expenditures and tuition	Information Works
RIDE: Students with Disabilities - Assessment	National Governors' Association
RIDE: School Bus Monitors Expenses	Achieve, Inc.
RIDE: Transportation Expenses	Vision 2015 Delaware
RIDE Data	National Assn. of State Boards of Ed.
Profile of RI Public Schools	Teacher Portal
Federal and State Funding of Schools - Charts and Reports	American Federation of Teachers
Charter Public School Act of RI	Program on Education Policy & Governance
RI Public School Funding Formula	National Association of Homebuilders
RI NECAP Test Results	GSA State & Municipal Factbook
RIDE: School Nurse Expenses	Institute for a Competetive Workforce (ICW)
RIDE: Food Service Program Comparison	Education Commission of the States
RIDE: Healthcare Benefits Survey	Data Quality Campaign

*Federal Resources*
Freedom of Information Act Guidelines & Formats

*Healthcare*
Mandatory Overtime and the Loss of Nurses in Rhode Island

*Infrastructure*
Pros and Cons of Underground Utilities

*Municipal Finance*
2008 Municipal Salary Survey
RI Municipal Credit Ratings

*Pension Issues*
Asset Allocation, December 2008
RI State Police Retirement Benefits Trust Valuation
"Pension Probe" on WPRI, Channel 12 TV *(NEW!)*

*Portsmouth Issues*
Portsmouth Budget Challenges (Portsmouth Concerned Citizens)

*Public Expenditures*
Rhode Island Statistics of Special Interest Premium Content (requires login)**
General Assembly Votes on the FY09 Supplemental Budget FEATURED!
FY2009 Year To Date Budget vs. Actual Revenue
2008 RI Municipal Salary Survey
State Budget and Debt Analysis
State & Local Tax Policy
How Rhode Island Expenditures Compare

*State Debt*
2008 State Debt Study

*State Employees*
2009 State Employees Benefits

*Taxes*
Rhode Island 2008-2009 Municipal Tax Rates

*Unions*
All RI Union Payrolls! FEATURED! (2 MB, MS Excel)
When Unions Negotiate With Governmentsx
Mandatory Overtime and the Loss of Nurses in RI
Rhode Island Pension Obligations