From the Maine Department of Education
Priority Notices
- Priority Notice: Maine DOE seeks assessment waiver
- PRIORITY NOTICE: Two important updates; reporting delay and urgent Title V eligibility verification
Reporting Items
Urgent Title V eligibility verification
To align the Title V (Rural Education Achievement Program -REAP) Grant timeline to other Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Federal Programs, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) has revised data collection and submission dates with a more aggressive timeline. This revision will allow Title V (REAP) Federal funds to be awarded to states on July 1 of each program year. | More
Graduation and Dropout Reporting dates further delayed
On November 20th the Department issued a notice announcing that the due date for Graduation and Dropout Reporting was extended to December 21st. The Department has just learned that the data needed prior to launching the updated Graduation and Dropout reporting module in NEO is not yet available. | More
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News & Updates
Department receives 23 Part I applications for Regional Service Centers
The Department received Part I Applications from 23 proposed regional service centers by the November 30 deadline. The proposals include 102 discrete school administrative units from across the state, with all but one with an operational date of July 1, 2018. | More
Maine DOE partnering in national study to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-bullying law in Maine
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) and the Maine Center for Disease Control are taking part in a study to evaluate the efficacy and implementation of anti-bullying laws in partnership with the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health and with Columbia University, the University of Iowa and Temple University. | More
Nominations Now Open for Maine History Teacher of the Year
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is seeking nominations for the Maine History Teacher of the Year. State History Teachers of the Year receive $1,000, an archive of materials for their school’s library, and an invitation to attend a 2019 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminar. | More
Winter holidays in the classroom
The following information has been put together with the support of the Council of State Social Studies Specialists (CS4) to help educators who are planning to include seasonal holiday activities in their classrooms and at their schools. | More
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