After months of deliberations, the biennial budget has been enacted following the 126th Legislature’s override of Governor LePage’s veto yesterday afternoon. Based on this enactment, updated school subsidy printouts (ED279s) are now available at: www.maine.gov/doe/eps/.
Some key factors in enacted funding level to note: Continue reading “Enacted FY2013-14 General Purpose Aid for local schools”
Congratulations on completing another successful school year.
I was honored to spend much of the past week connecting with many of Maine’s education leaders at the 102nd Annual Superintendent’s Conference in Northport. For those who attended, I hope the transformational leadership development combined with the transitional support to help your schools move to a proficiency-based diploma energized you as much as it did me. Just as our potential to graduate every student prepared is great, so are the stakes – as was made quite evident by the CEOs who spoke during Sunday’s session about the core competencies the opportunities of Maine’s future will demand.
Congratulations on completing another successful school year.
I was honored to spend much of the past week connecting with many of Maine’s education leaders at the 102nd Annual Superintendent’s Conference in Northport. For those who attended, I hope the transformational leadership development combined with the transitional support to help your schools move to a proficiency-based diploma energized you as much as it did me. Just as our potential to graduate every student prepared is great, so are the stakes – as was made quite evident by the CEOs who spoke during Sunday’s session about the core competencies the opportunities of Maine’s future will demand.
Schools will see the following new question in the Infinite Campus State Edition student information system this fall: Are one or both of this student’s parents on full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States (including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders), or within one year of medical discharge or retirement from those uniformed services? Parent is not required to provide this information.
Continue reading “Student information system to include question on military families”
The course schedule for the Maine School of Science and Mathematics’ 2013 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Educators’ Camp is now available. This camp is for educators looking to expand their repertoire of STEM teaching skills, delve deeper into STEM course content, develop ways to engage kids in STEM, get kids motivated in independent STEM research or start an after-school STEM club. A group of educators will present 26 different STEM course options this year.
Continue reading “Free professional development to expand STEM teaching skills”
The Maine Unified Special Education regulation Birth to Age 20, Chapter 101, has gone through all of the formal steps for final adoption. The rule was filed with the Secretary of State on June 19 and will be effective on July 19.
Continue reading “Rule Change Adoption: Chapter 101, Maine Unified Special Education Regulations”
The Maine Association of Special Education Directors has chosen Patti Dyer of Portland Public Schools as the Special Education Support Person of the Year. She was honored at the group’s annual awards banquet in Bangor.
Continue reading “Portland Public Schools’ Patti Dyer wins special education award”
Welcome to the June issue of Maine DOE Monthly.
Just as June has been a busy month in our districts as the academic year comes to a close, so has it been here at the Maine DOE as we step up our efforts to support school improvement and innovation. This month, we put on our first improvement strategies webinar series, provided increased training on using our new Data Warehouse to better understand student challenges and opportunities and expanded our Center for Best Practice with helpful new case studies and videos.
The federal government has released school emergency operation planning guides for schools and higher education institutes. Accompanying webinars will be held Thursday, June 27, and Friday, June 28.
AUGUSTA – As Governor Paul R. LePage continues to review the upcoming two-year budget, which was delivered to him late last week, he has discovered a disturbing trend of cuts to education. The budget reflects a slashing by the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee of supports for existing programs proven to prepare Maine youth for success in college and their careers and some innovative new ones.
That committee cut a total of $18.4 million proposed by the Department of Education and Governor LePage, including reducing funding over the next two years for Jobs for Maine’s Graduates by $600,000 and the Aspiration program– which raises education aspirations by allowing students to take college courses at a reduced rate – by $1.2 million.
Continue reading “Legislative budget misses opportunity to support students”
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