Maine lawmakers passed a bill overhauling the state’s public school funding formula.
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From cellphone bans to the funding formula, major education changes became law
The Legislature passed consequential reforms, including some long-fought changes to school construction funding and making free community college permanent.
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Brewer schools, widow of conservative activist reach $350,000 settlement
Patricia McBreairty, the widow of Shawn McBreairty, will receive the payout from the Bangor-area district following a lawsuit filed in 2024.
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Tariffs could drive up costs for Lisbon Middle School expansion
The project is also behind schedule as school officials await a state permit.
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Meet the next superintendent of Yarmouth schools
Shanna Crofton will begin leading the district on July 1.
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Reconfiguring South Portland’s schools has parents divided
It’s been two weeks since the South Portland School Board voted to close Kaler and reconfigure the remaining elementary schools.
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Portland school board advances $179M budget that would increase tax rate by 5.68%
The budget passed after a series of amendments Tuesday. It now goes to the City Council and then to voters in June.
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Legislature passes first reform of Maine’s school funding formula in 2 decades
Gov. Mills plans to sign the bill — which would change the EPS formula by accounting for local poverty rates in state funding calculations and modernizing outdated regional adjustments — into law.
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Topsham kids will turn US 250th celebrations into a circus
The Woodside One Wheelers, a unicycle group based out of Topsham, will travel to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., this summer for a series of performances celebrating America’s birthday.
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Meet the namesake of Cumberland and North Yarmouth’s new school
MSAD 51’s new pre-K through first-grade building will be known as “The Small School,” named after a longtime district educator and historian.