February 27, 2024
It’s National Public Schools Week, which began on
February 26 and runs through March 1, to celebrate the achievement of public
schools and honor the significant contributions a...
June 14, 2023
We are very excited to announce that MSMA’s 50th Annual Fall Conference will be held in person this year on October 26th and 27th - at the Augusta Civic Center!!
50 years is ...
July 26, 2022
Maine School Management Association is seeking multiple experienced school board chairs, retired school board members, or retired superintendents to assist MSMA staff in the deliv...
April 21, 2022
Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday signed into law a state budget that for the second year in a row makes good on a promise to fund 55 percent of the cost of education. The state ...
February 17, 2022
Maine Department of Health and Human Services Jeanne M. Lambrew, Commissioner February 16, 2022 FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Jackie Farwell, Maine Department o...
January 18, 2022
Each Legislative session many opportunities are presented for local school board members and superintendents/directors to offer testimony or connect with legislators regarding leg...
December 1, 2021
Please join the U.S. Department
of Education and National Association for Family, School and Community
Engagement for an informational webinar following the approval of the
Pfi...
September 2, 2021
TO: School Board Members, School Board Chairs, Superintendents, and CTE Directors
FROM: Steven W. Bailey, Executive Director Student Safety: always a top prio...
August 30, 2021
On Wednesday, August 25, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it had received $5.14 billion in funding requests from the first round of applications which wo...
August 25, 2021
Maine DOE Child Nutrition has partnered with Nutri-Link Technologies, Inc., to provide Online Free and Reduced Application Entry services, Nutri-Cloud, to school districts in Main...
August 13, 2021
As schools across Maine prepare for the 2021/2022 school year with many changes, including the implementation of free school meals and the challenges of COVID-19, we are aware of ...
July 17, 2021
There will be a vote on Monday at the Legislature to override the governor’s veto of L.D. 677 – a move that would take power and responsibility away from local School Boards and o...
July 16, 2021
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 adop...
July 14, 2021
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...
June 30, 2021
L.D. 677 was defeated in the House this morning by one vote and is on its way to the Senate. Please contact your Senators now and ask them to vote against this bill. It would shif...
June 28, 2021
The full Legislature will meet on Wednesday to vote on a budget that includes unanimous support from the Appropriations Committee for the state to fund 55 percent of the cost of e...
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...
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...
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...