education funding
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PublishedMarch 2, 2022
Committee advances proposal to give more budget authority to Portland school board
The full Charter Commission will now look at the proposal, which would eliminate City Council approval of the school budget and send it directly from the school board to voters.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2021
School board to use $6.2M for tax relief, custodial pay, debt service
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PublishedJuly 2, 2021
School districts plan to spend additional state funding on tax relief, building projects
The state budget approved this week will fund schools at 55 percent statewide for the first time since voters approved the measure in a ballot question in 2004.
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PublishedJune 8, 2021
Bill to allow ‘semi-open primaries’ in Maine takes step forward
If it's approved by the full Legislature, independent voters will be allowed to vote in a political party's primary during each election cycle without having to enroll in that party.
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PublishedMay 16, 2021
Our View: It’s time for Maine to pay its fair share for schools
State spending on schools invests in the future and puts downward pressure on local property taxes.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2020
Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2020
Maine schools receive additional $164 million in federal relief
The money builds on $165 million districts received for pandemic-related expenses in July, but must be used by the end of December, according to federal requirements.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2020
Another View: Another loss for DeVos, another win for students
The dangerously incompetent education secretary fails again to funnel public dollars toward private schools.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2020
Federal judge blocks controversial rule on virus aid, school funding
The Department of Education's rule could funnel more aid to private schools.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2020
Maine Voices: Public schools need support, not the distraction of a new funding model
A pandemic is not the time to implement education savings accounts, a program with a questionable track record in other states.