Maine School Boards Association

L.D. 32—An Act Regarding Remote Participation in Public Proceedings , has been signed into law by Governor Mills. It is set to take effect immediately once a policy has been ad...

Governor Janet Mills on Tuesday vetoed a bill, L.D. 677, that would take power and responsibility away from local School Boards and other elected officials when it comes to negoti...

TO: School Board Chairs, Superintendents of Schools, and MSBA Board of Directors FROM: Becky Fles, President The Nominating Committee is seeking 2021 MSBA O...

TO: School Board Chairs, Superintendents of Schools, and MSBA Board of Directors FROM: Becky Fles, President Per by-laws, the MSBA Nominating Committee will...

The Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition team has created a letter geared to Maine parents and families to express the importance of completing the meal benefit applicati...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

The National School Boards Association is pleased to announce the transformation of its in-person NSBA 2021 Annual Conference Exposition to the NSBA 2021 Online Experience. ...

Since 2012, the Maine Resilience Building Network has provided experienced leadership, professional development, training, systems change and advocacy for Maine to build more res...

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 informat...

The events from earlier in the week in Washington, D.C. have been disturbing. Never in recent history have we had to be witness to attacks on our government from our own citizens...

21 retired nurses join ranks with Maine Department of Education to support schools in their contract tracing efforts and notification Augusta, MAINE – Commissioner of Ed...

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 ...

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 ...

US Braces For Mass School Closures As COVID-19 Infections Spike US News & World Report (11/17, Camera) reports, “Children, parents and educators are bracing for another ro...

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...