LePage
proposes school choice
Gov.
Paul LePage has released a summary of four education bills
that make up his education agenda, including a school
choice proposal allowing school districts and the private
academies to open up enrollment to students from other
districts and language that removes the prohibition
against using public tuition dollars for private
religious schools.
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For the DOE's overview click here: DOE
overview
Court
favors school boards in MEABT suit
School districts
in Maine, at least for now, will be able to get the
claims data they need to go out and get competitive bids
for their school health insurance after the U.S. District
Court on Friday denied a request from the MEA Benefits
Trust to block that information until a suit filed by the
MEABT is resolved.
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State
releases GPA estimates by district
The
state Department of Education has released preliminary
estimates of how much GPA each
school district will be
getting in the
2012-2013 school year.
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GPA
by district...
