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John McDonald named Superintendent of the Year

The RSU 13 superintendent is honored for bringing the community together to support better schools and student learning.
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Gubernatorial Candidate Interviews

All four candidates for governor – Shawn Moody, Janet Mills, Terry Hayes and Alan Caron -- came to the MSMA offices on Sept. 5 to respond to questions regarding public education policy and funding. Listen to what the candidates had to say.

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Manny Scott - Registration Now Open

Registration is now open for the Manny Scott presentation - The Power of One and R.E.A.C.H. on Monday, April 1, 2019, at the Augusta Civic Center.
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Maine’s Advocates for Public Education and Strong Leadership

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Education News & Alerts

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Insurance Trusts

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Bills We're Watching

An Act To Amend the Student Information Privacy Act

This bill amends the Student Information Privacy Act by adding to the restrictions on the release of student data certain information that may not be disclosed without explicit consent from a student’s parent or a court order. ...Read the full article.

An Act To Allow Workplace Substance Use Testing for Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Hydrocodone, Oxycodone and Oxymorphone Use at the Employer’s Discretion

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News & Updates

Proposed Bills Take the Public Out of Public Education – March 21, 2019

The teachers’ union is pushing a three-pronged agenda against local control of public schools with legislation that would allow teachers to strike, give outside arbitrators the authority to dictate teacher salaries, pensions and insurance and take away the school board’s role in setting educational policy. Students and property taxpayers will be the losers. Local voices […] ...Read the full article.

Vulnerable students lose if policy becomes negotiable – March 14, 2019

The MEA union’s push to make education policy negotiable will take away local control of schools and increase property taxes, but worse than all that, it will create a closed-door process where our most vulnerable children with special needs are used as bargaining chips. In the latest version of L.D. 240, An Act To Allow […] ...Read the full article.

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