July 17, 2021
There will be a vote on Monday at the Legislature to override the governor’s veto of L.D. 677 – a move that would take power and responsibility away from local School Boards and o...
July 16, 2021
L.D. 32—An Act Regarding Remote Participation in Public Proceedings , has been signed into law by Governor Mills. It is set to take effect immediately once a policy has been adop...
July 14, 2021
Governor Janet Mills on Tuesday vetoed a bill, L.D. 677, that would take power and responsibility away from local School Boards and other elected officials when it comes to negoti...
June 30, 2021
L.D. 677 was defeated in the House this morning by one vote and is on its way to the Senate. Please contact your Senators now and ask them to vote against this bill. It would shif...
June 28, 2021
The full Legislature will meet on Wednesday to vote on a budget that includes unanimous support from the Appropriations Committee for the state to fund 55 percent of the cost of e...
June 28, 2021
In a radical change to the public sector bargaining law, L.D. 677 would shift ultimate responsibility over employee salaries and benefits from Maine school boards, towns, state un...
June 25, 2021
The House passed an amendment on L.D. 1373, the bill dealing with restrictions around restraint and seclusion, but that amendment did not resolve the serious issues we have with t...
June 9, 2021
The bill that would give teachers the right to strike and allow binding arbitration around wages and benefits – actions now prohibited under Maine law in the best interest of stud...
June 4, 2021
AUGUSTA: With the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine public schools have long offered a nutritious breakfast and lunch meal program to thousands of children ...
June 1, 2021
The Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent of the Year program information for 2022 is now available.
Nominations for these awards often come from school board members or scho...
May 26, 2021
The letter linked below was sent this morning to Senate President Jackson and House Speaker Fecteau asking them to oppose their own bill – L.D. 677 – that gives teachers the right...
May 21, 2021
A bill that would give teachers the right to strike and allow binding arbitration around wages and benefits – actions now prohibited under Maine law in the best interest of studen...
May 12, 2021
Governor Janet Mills today released a state budget plan that increases General Purpose Aid to schools by $187 million, bringing state share of the cost of education to 55 percent ...
February 2, 2021
Since 2012, the Maine Resilience Building Network has provided experienced leadership, professional development, training, systems change and advocacy for Maine to build more res...
January 26, 2021
We have been asked by Jason Judd, Executive Director of Educate Maine, and Christa Thorpe, Community Development Officer of the Island Institute, to forward the following info...
January 8, 2021
Governor Janet Mills released her proposed budget for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 with a $22.5 million increase in public education funding in each year o...
December 14, 2020
The House and Senate named legislative committee members on Dec. 11. Listed below are the members of the Education Committee, which hears bills related to pre-K-12...
November 24, 2020
21 retired nurses join ranks with Maine Department of Education to support schools in their contract tracing efforts and notification
Augusta, MAINE – Commissioner of E...
November 23, 2020
The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. The event culminated an effort by Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfeet Nation who rode across the nation ...
November 23, 2020
Maine’s school leaders are diligently enforcing safety rules to keep students and staff safe as the second surge of the COVID virus sweeps across the country and w...