School Committee of Cranston v. Barone

DECISION

This action pits the Cranston School Committee against the Mayor of the City of Cranston and the Cranston City Council. It asks this Court to decide whether the School Committee can garner an additional appropriation of approximately $4.5 million from the City Council, under the Caruolo Act, R.I.G.L. § 16-2-21.4, to cure its budget deficit for fiscal year 2007-2008, after the fact, when it anticipated a deficit early in the fiscal year and yet continued to overspend without taking any of the steps required by the Act to address its growing deficit in a timely manner. It also asks this…