Rhode Island Higher Education Facilities Bond Measure
Source: electionresults.ri.gov
What does this measure do?
Supports: Public Education Quality
Rhode Island would borrow up to $275 million for public college buildings: $165 million for a health building at URI, $60 million for a workforce center at CCRI, and $50 million for library renovations and a career center at Rhode Island College. State taxpayers would repay the bonds over time.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Rhode Island General Assembly (2026 state budget act, Public Law 26-084)
State lawmakers put this borrowing question in the 2026 state budget law (Public Law 26-084). Rhode Island voters must approve before the state borrows money paid back from taxes.
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
A YES vote means
The state could borrow up to $275 million for the three campus projects, repaid by state taxpayers.
A NO vote means
The state could not borrow this $275 million, and the projects would not get this money.
No financial records found for this ballot measure.
Source: governor.ri.gov
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