Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I)
Date of Speech: Jan. 15
In his State of the State address, Gov. Lincoln Chafee pledged to continue investing in education, proposing an additional $38 million for fiscal 2015 through the state’s K-12 funding formula.
All told, the governor’s budget requests more than $1.2 billion in education spending on K-12 and higher education, including money to enable a freeze in tuition at the three state higher education institutions.
“There is no better or smarter investment we can make,” he said of education funding. “It will pay dividends and help close an equality gap that threatens our future.”
