Education funding
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PublishedDecember 13, 2020
Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2020
Maine schools receive additional $164 million in federal relief
The money builds on $165 million districts received for pandemic-related expenses in July, but must be used by the end of December, according to federal requirements.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2020
Another View: Another loss for DeVos, another win for students
The dangerously incompetent education secretary fails again to funnel public dollars toward private schools.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2020
Federal judge blocks controversial rule on virus aid, school funding
The Department of Education's rule could funnel more aid to private schools.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2020
Maine Voices: Public schools need support, not the distraction of a new funding model
A pandemic is not the time to implement education savings accounts, a program with a questionable track record in other states.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2020
Maine Voices: Education savings accounts can give Maine families more flexibility as school year nears
Maine should redirect funding to students, not districts, giving parents the power to determine their children’s education.
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
Maine Catholic schools will use remote learning through rest of school year
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2020
Maine’s rural school districts to lose $1.2 million with federal program change
The U.S. Department of Education has determined that free- and reduced-lunch numbers cannot be used as a basis for awarding federal Title V grant money for low-income rural schools.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Bill to expand access to child care unveiled in Waterville
"You can't have a strong economy in Maine without strong child care for the people in it," said Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat from Aroostook County.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2019
Maine Voices: Teacher shortage stems from lack of respect
How do we attract college graduates to the profession when the committed educators working now continue to be denigrated and underpaid?