Rhode Island § 16-59-9.1 § 16-59-9.1. Incentive fund for excellence — Challenge fund for management and administration improvement — Carry-forward provision.

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§ 16-59-9.1 — § 16-59-9.1. Incentive fund for excellence — Challenge fund for management and administration improvement — Carry-forward provision.

Rhode Island § 16-59-9.1

Title 16Education

Ch. 16-59Council on Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 â€” The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-59-9.1 (2026).

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§ 16-59-9.1. Incentive fund for excellence — Challenge fund for management and administration improvement
               — Carry-forward provision.
(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums as may be necessary to create
            and maintain an "incentive fund for excellenceâ€�, which shall be used by the board
            of governors to fund program initiatives to improve the quality of the undergraduate
            education offered by the institutions of public higher education.
         
(b) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums as may be necessary to create
            and maintain a "challenge fund for management and administrat

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§ 16-59-9.1. Incentive fund for excellence — Challenge fund for management and administration improvement — Carry-forward provision.

(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums as may be necessary to create and maintain an "incentive fund for excellenceâ€�, which shall be used by the board of governors to fund program initiatives to improve the quality of the undergraduate education offered by the institutions of public higher education.

(b) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums as may be necessary to create and maintain a "challenge fund for management and administration improvementâ€� to be administered by the board of governors. The board shall award grants to the institutions of public higher education on a competitive basis upon presentation of proposals designed to effect projected administrative savings of an amount equal to or more than the amount of the grant requested.

(c) Any amounts remaining at the end of any fiscal year in the funds established under subsection (a) or (b), or any amounts allocated to the institutions under these sections, may be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

(d) The board of governors shall annually report to the general assembly concerning the amounts and specific purposes and the effectiveness of all allocations made from the funds established in subsections (a) and (b).