The Maine Department of Education purchased enough copies of the Maine Education and School Statutes 2012-2013 edition law book from the publisher, Swan Island Press, to provide one at no charge to each superintendent of schools.
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There are many changes happening in school nutrition this year worth noting. School Food Authorities have the opportunity to receive an additional six cents per reimbursable lunch if they adhere to the new meal pattern and receive certification by the state. The additional reimbursement will become available to all certified SFAs Oct. 1, 2012.
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Many school administrative units have not completed the Public School Approval Form (EF-I-291) at the individual school level or the school administrative unit level. Continue reading “Reminder: Public School Approval Form (EF-I-291) due”
Teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, bus drivers and others responsible for student welfare in school are required by Maine law to report to their supervisors or to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services whenever they have reasonable cause to suspect child abuse or neglect has occurred.
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A small group of Maine residents joined an online forum Monday night to provide Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen with feedback on the Department’s draft proposal for flexibility under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of MaineCare continues to work with the Department of Education to find solutions to some fundamental issues regarding reimbursements for services provided to MaineCare-eligible students in Special Purpose Private Schools (SPPS) and public school administrative units (SAUs).
The Maine DOE will submit a formal request for flexibility under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to the U.S. Department of Education by Sept. 6. Maine is looking to create a fairer and more constructive system for holding schools accountable and helping them improve.
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Two elementary school teachers and one middle school special education teacher have been named the state finalists for the title of 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year.
The 2013 finalists are: Kathy Bousquet, a second- and third-grade looping teacher at Central School in South Berwick; Shannon Shanning, a seventh- and eighth-grade special education teacher at Whittier Middle School in Poland; and Beth Switzer, a fourth-grade teacher at Coastal Ridge Elementary School in York. Continue reading “Teacher of the Year finalists named”
John Bapst High School in Bangor was recently ranked first in northern New England for the percentage of students taking college level courses.
The Maine Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Substance Abuse in the Department of Health and Human Services, announces the third administration of the Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey (MIYHS) with a survey administration period of between February 4 and 15, 2013.
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