Providence seeks student tax at private colleges

Source: projo.com Posted By: Peter 5464 days ago

PROVIDENCE — Students attending the city’s four private colleges and universities may have to pay a $300-a-year tax, under a proposal floated by Mayor David N. Cicilline to generate revenue for the cash-strapped capital city.

Cicilline has been quietly meeting with student-government representatives and university presidents from Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Johnson & Wales University and Providence College to garner support for the proposal, which has generated considerable....

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