Category Archives: Operations

Institute offers ‘kaleidoscope’ into school nurse practice

Posted on May 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Maine’s school nurses are invited to a three-day summer institute in July that will offer them training to help them address topics from concussions to healthy relationships to celiac disease.

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Posted in Androscoggin County, Conferences, Featured, Health

Rule Change Adoption: Chapter 61, Major Capital School Construction

Posted on May 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 81
POLICY CODE: FD

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Posted in Administrative Letters, Facilities

It’s school nutrition employee week!

Posted on May 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Preparing healthy school meals, promoting good nutrition habits, and offering a friendly greeting are all in a day’s work for the School Nutrition employees across Maine.

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Posted in Featured, Nutrition

New meal patterns focus of spring nutrition meeting

Posted on May 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Maine school food service professionals are invited to a spring informational meeting on May 17 focused on implementing the new meal pattern regulations required by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

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Posted in Featured, Kennebec County, Nutrition

School bus refurbishment pilot program subsidy now available

Posted on May 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Maine’s public schools now have two choices when making operational decisions about school buses.

  1. Refurbishment of mid-life buses in need of major body and structural repairs through the Maine Department of Education’s School Bus Refurbishment Pilot Program.
  2. New bus purchases through the Maine DOE’s School Bus Purchase Program.

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Posted in Aroostook County, Featured, News & Views, Transportation

State education subsidy printouts updated

Posted on May 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Updated State subsidy printouts (ED 279) for school administrative units are now available on the Maine DOE website.

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Posted in Administrators, Featured, Funding

MaineCare Seed for Special Purpose Private Schools

Posted on May 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Memo to: Superintendents, Business Managers and Directors of Special Education

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of MaineCare has been working with the Department of Education (DOE) to find solutions to some fundamental issues regarding the payment of school based services. These issues have been complex and have required systems changes in both state agencies.

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Posted in Administrators, Dispatches, Funding, Special Programs

Rule Change Adoption: Chapter 64, School Facilities

Posted on April 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 79
POLICY CODE: FD

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Posted in Administrative Letters, Facilities

DOE strengthens monitoring of federal spending

Posted on April 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Maine school administrative units and other educational organizations that receive federal education funds will soon be subject to new monitoring policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with federal auditing requirements.

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Posted in Administrators, Dispatches, Funding

Consolidated IDEA Part B applications no longer allowed

Posted on April 24, 2012 by | Leave a comment

ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 77
POLICY CODE: IHBA

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Posted in Administrative Letters, Funding, Special Programs