$40
million curtailment no longer a threat
School
districts are no longer facing the possibility of a
nearly $40 million curtailment in spending starting in
October since Congress earlier this month passed a bill
that covered the lion’s share of a deficit in the
state’s federal Medicaid account.
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Distribution
of $39 million from Jobs Fund
The
Department of Education has just released estimates on
how much each school administrative unit will get of
the $39 million in federal Education Jobs Fund money
coming to Maine.
The
amounts are on the website at: www.maine.gov/education/recovery/edujobs.html
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Student-teacher ratio
more than 12-to-1
A
new report from the federal government now says Maine
has a student-teacher ratio of 12.2-to-1
–
a ratio that is increasing as budgets tighten
and
enrollments stabilize.
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