![L.D. 677 Shifts Financial Control from Elected Boards to Private, Outside Arbitrators](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_65c3d5fb-9400-4f98-b7e5-cee8eb4b31c6.png)
June 28, 2021
In a radical change to the public sector bargaining law, L.D. 677 would shift ultimate responsibility over employee salaries and benefits from Maine school boards, towns, state un...
![Ask your Senators to Oppose Amended Restraint and Seclusion Bill](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_57721f73-0d67-4455-8704-82e37758fbbb.png)
June 25, 2021
The House passed an amendment on L.D. 1373, the bill dealing with restrictions around restraint and seclusion, but that amendment did not resolve the serious issues we have with t...
![Legislature to Vote on Right to Strike and Binding Arbitration](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_492355df-0c18-4ddc-b11a-92bf4234873a.png)
June 9, 2021
The bill that would give teachers the right to strike and allow binding arbitration around wages and benefits – actions now prohibited under Maine law in the best interest of stud...
![School Nutrition Programs to Feed Children Beyond School Year with Summer Food Service Program](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_bd4ec20b-ce60-4386-a701-0c2e8009ee67.png)
June 4, 2021
AUGUSTA: With the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine public schools have long offered a nutritious breakfast and lunch meal program to thousands of children ...
![2022 Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent of the Year](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_1e9d25dd-08bf-4590-9244-63d577ded0c0.png)
June 1, 2021
The Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent of the Year program information for 2022 is now available.
Nominations for these awards often come from school board members or scho...
![Action needed on strike and arbitration bill](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_d4a5cb83-a3d5-4966-bffe-781a60f09cde.png)
May 26, 2021
The letter linked below was sent this morning to Senate President Jackson and House Speaker Fecteau asking them to oppose their own bill – L.D. 677 – that gives teachers the right...
![Ask Legislators to Oppose L.D. 677 and Support Students and Taxpayers](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_3972fcde-349b-401b-9d11-fe486d381908.png)
May 21, 2021
A bill that would give teachers the right to strike and allow binding arbitration around wages and benefits – actions now prohibited under Maine law in the best interest of studen...
![Gov. Mills proposes budget with 55 percent state share for schools](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_f080ee55-d265-4d5e-ad19-cf93b2258bbf.png)
May 12, 2021
Governor Janet Mills today released a state budget plan that increases General Purpose Aid to schools by $187 million, bringing state share of the cost of education to 55 percent ...
![Maine Resilience Building Network Youth Mattering Community Conversation](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_27b424ea-09c2-4e52-a97f-654f49e410fc.png)
February 2, 2021
Since 2012, the Maine Resilience Building Network has provided experienced leadership, professional development, training, systems change and advocacy for Maine to build more res...
![What's your Speed?](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_45ea7ab9-8466-4f64-bc03-ac4b695eeacf.png)
January 26, 2021
We have been asked by Jason Judd, Executive Director of Educate Maine, and Christa Thorpe, Community Development Officer of the Island Institute, to forward the following info...
![Budget proposes $45 million increase for K-12 over biennium](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_7e5d881f-0813-421b-8d4b-853021098815.png)
January 8, 2021
Governor Janet Mills released her proposed budget for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 with a $22.5 million increase in public education funding in each year o...
![Legislative Committee Members named](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_252f8641-d217-4595-91ca-fbd05f8f0857.png)
December 14, 2020
The House and Senate named legislative committee members on Dec. 11. Listed below are the members of the Education Committee, which hears bills related to pre-K-12...
![Maine Department of Education Announces New Team to Support Contact Tracing in Schools](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_585e043b-7dad-4a6d-9e6d-411eae32a904.png)
November 24, 2020
21 retired nurses join ranks with Maine Department of Education to support schools in their contract tracing efforts and notification
Augusta, MAINE – Commissioner of E...
![Celebrating American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_ce89faed-0c25-4f0a-97cd-7d69d7b038d5.png)
November 23, 2020
The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. The event culminated an effort by Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfeet Nation who rode across the nation ...
![Keeping schools open and safe](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_cc56a818-7329-4c96-b054-84e935e6d10e.png)
November 23, 2020
Maine’s school leaders are diligently enforcing safety rules to keep students and staff safe as the second surge of the COVID virus sweeps across the country and w...
![Mills Administration Awards $5.6 Million to Build High Speed Internet Infrastructure for Students in Underserved Maine Communities](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_a15b3b61-d6fb-436c-a781-cebe39da25a3.png)
November 20, 2020
More than 730 students in rural Maine will have access to highspeed broadband to support remote learning by the end of the year through the Governor’s ConnectKidsNow! Initiative ...
![47th Annual MSMA Fall Conference—Virtual this year—OCTOBER 30 & 31, 2020](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_b8de4028-1c19-4f76-aec3-794103409fd2.png)
October 8, 2020
“Public Education: Embracing Our Future Together” is the theme of this year’s Fall Conference to be held virtually this year on Friday and Saturday, October 30 and 31. The two da...
![Order gives flexibility on hiring school staff](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_d9fcfeaf-867e-496a-9f51-22fa8773bfdc.png)
August 27, 2020
Governor Mills has issued an executive order
that addresses potential teacher, support staff and administrator shortages
in schools this year because of the p...
![The Cultural Competence Institute for Maine Educators](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_6d74fad9-a8a1-4d58-b30d-3a79b326e55c.png)
August 17, 2020
The Maine School Boards Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association are pleased to announce the Cultural Competence Institute (CCI) for all Maine educators, prese...
![Support Question 1 on expanding internet on July 14](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/maine_school_management_association_ar/article/image/large_7f94aa0d-c6a1-4923-bb79-f14080d87e79.png)
July 9, 2020
School Board members and superintendents are urged to support Question 1 on the July 14 ballot, which would approve a $15 million bond to invest in high speed internet in underser...