From the Commissioner
School may be already out, but the Legislature isn’t just yet.
Last week, the Appropriations Committee cut $12.6 million in targeted funding Maine DOE and the Governor had proposed in the next biennial budget that would have supported improvement and innovation in our schools. Included in those cuts was $3 million specifically for school improvement, funding which several districts have already expressed an interest in receiving.
Notices and Reporting
- Review MaineCare Seed payment adjustment reports by July 12
- June 2013 State school subsidy payment deferred
- Reminder: School boards required to approve emergency management plans
- Leased Space Application, due Sept. 16
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News & Views
Schools embrace first chance for choice of learning technology
AUGUSTA – For the first time since the Maine Learning Technology Initiative began in 2002, schools have made a choice in the solutions they will use for 21st century teaching and learning. | More
Falmouth HS awards state’s first STEM diploma endorsements
Falmouth High School awarded the first Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, known as STEM, diploma endorsements in the state of Maine to 18 of its 189 graduates this year. | More
Opportunity to attend evidence-based autism training
Maine DOE will provide evidence-based autism team training during the 2013-14 academic year for 15 school-based teams that represent educators working with children with autism. | More
Portland Public Schools’ transportation director wins EPA Lifetime Achievement Award
Kevin Mallory, the Portland Public Schools’ transportation director, has won a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in reducing pollution from the district’s school bus fleet and raising awareness about the benefits of greener school transportation. | More