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No Tax Holiday Here as School Costs Jump 11%
A new analysis finds the 2026-27 school year will cost families close to $4,000 per child, up 10.7 percent, with lunchboxes up nearly 27 percent and notebooks up 23 percent. Rhode Island offers no back-to-school sales tax holiday, while Massachusetts and Connecticut both hold theirs in August.
By Kaelen ValebornJuly 28, 2026
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