education funding
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
As Maine towns balk at rising education costs, some call for sheltering the property tax
Lewiston was among many towns struggling to approve school budgets that often rely heavily on the local property tax.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Portland parents voice concerns about staffing cuts in proposed school budget
About 25 parents and educators ask the district board to preserve positions in a $161 million budget that would eliminate nearly 30 positions and raise the schools' portion of the tax bill 6.85%.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2024
Staffing cuts in proposed budget worry Portland school board members
Their concerns focus on cuts to employees who work directly with students and to programs that support the district's marginalized populations.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2023
Opinion: A thriving education system needs no advertising budget
We don't have a teacher shortage. We have a recruitment and retention problem.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2023
Our View: Back to school, back to making education more of a priority
We’re doing a fair amount for Maine schools. To solve the most pernicious problems, however, we have to double down.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2023
Gorham voters reject school budget for the second time
The 2024 school budget is now headed for a third referendum vote sometime in August.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
Gorham voters reject school board budget over high tax cost
On an average home assessed at $400,000, the annual tax bill would have increased by $564. Some say that's too much for the small town, especially for those on fixed incomes.
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PublishedApril 22, 2023
Our View: Maine’s school funding formula must be updated
Until the formula recognizes our changing state, unfair allocation of state money will deepen inequities between wealthy districts and those less affluent.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2023
Bill would require audits of private schools that receive public tuition
Legislators weigh whether to mandate annual audits of many Maine private schools whose finances are mostly secret.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2023
Alfond Scholarship Foundation launches awareness campaign
Ten years after every child born in Maine became included in the fund, many are not aware it can help their children.
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