The 2024 school budget is now headed for a third referendum vote sometime in August.
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Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
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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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inNews
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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inThe Forecaster
School board to use $6.2M for tax relief, custodial pay, debt service
The Portland City Council has given the Board of Public Education the go-ahead to allocate an extra $6.2 million in state aid for the 2021-2022 school year for tax relief, custodial salaries and the creation of a debt service relief fund. The extra $1.49 million being used as tax relief will mean taxpayers will not […]
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
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.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.