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Commissioner’s Conference

Superintendents gathered in late June for DOE workshops and discussions and to recognize the considerable accomplishment of their peers.
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Security Conference

More than 200 school and community leaders attended a conference on school security sponsored by MSSA and presented by a team of consultants from TRC in the wake of school shootings in Florida and Texas.
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Education Advocacy

MSBA Executive Director Steve Bailey, President-Elect Kim Bedard, Senator Susan Collins and President Maureen King meet to talk about congressional action on education issues.
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Bills We're Watching

An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the Task Force To Identify Special Education Cost Drivers and Innovative Approaches to Services

This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Resolve 2017, chapter 26, section 7. The bill includes certain recommendations proposed in the report submitted by the Task Force To Identify Special Education Cost Drivers and Innovative Approaches to Services established for consideration by the 128th Legislature. […] ...Read the full article.

An Act To Repeal Proficiency-based Diplomas

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News & Updates

Charter schools stick with proficiency – August 8, 2018

The Maine Charter School Commission will continue to require all their schools follow the proficiency-based diploma law despite passage of a bill that would allow public schools to revert back to a system based on seat time and credit hours. MCSC Executive Director Bob Kautz raised the issue at the group’s monthly meeting on Tuesday […] ...Read the full article.

Legislature passes school funding bill – June 27, 2018

The Legislature Tuesday night passed a bill that allows $1 billion in General Purpose Aid to flow to schools for the new fiscal year that begins on July 1. L.D. 1869, An Act To Establish the Total Cost of Education and the State and Local Contributions to Education for Fiscal Year 2018-19, authorizes the release […] ...Read the full article.

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