Fitch Rates Rhode Island Student Loan Auth Student Loan Program Revs 2009 Sr Series A

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Fitch rates Rhode Island Student Loan Authority Student Loan Program revenue
bonds as follows:

--$25,570,000 fixed-rate 2009 senior series A bonds 'A'.

For more information, see the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority Student Loan
Program revenue bonds, 2009 senior series, A presale report, available to all
investors on Fitch's web site at www.fitchratings.com.

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