Amends chapter 80 of the public laws of 1965 with respect to the composition of the regional district school building committee, apportionment of construction and operating costs and amendments to the agreement.

Plain-English Summary

This bill makes updates to a 1965 law that governs how the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District operates, specifically focusing on three areas: how the school building committee is put together, how the costs of building and running schools are divided between the two towns, and how the towns can make changes to their shared agreement in the future.

The school building committee is the group responsible for overseeing construction and renovation projects for schools in the district. This bill changes who sits on that committee and how many representatives each town has. It also adjusts the formula used to split costs between Exeter and West Greenwich — meaning taxpayers in each town may pay a different share of school construction and day-to-day operating expenses than they currently do. Finally, the bill updates the process that both towns must follow if they want to change their regional agreement down the road.

The people most directly affected are residents and taxpayers in the towns of Exeter and West Greenwich, since any changes to the cost-sharing formula could influence local property taxes or municipal budgets. School administrators, elected town officials, and school board members would also be affected, as the changes would reshape how decisions about school buildings and finances are made between the two communities. The bill has passed the House and is moving through the legislative process.