The Committee on Education and Cultural affairs voted 7-5 to recommend passing the legislation. It will now go before the House of Representatives.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Portland hires new assistant superintendent
Aaron Townsend will be the assistant superintendent for school management starting July 1.
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Incidents of racism on the rise this year in Maine schools
Reports of hate speech and racist incidents involving students in 2 districts come as an official in the Attorney General’s Office says he has seen more such reports this year than at any time in his 12 years on the job.
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Teacher of Frenchboro’s one-room school resigns
Mount Desert Island Regional School System officials are determined to keep the school on Long Island open.
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Wealthy parents appear in court in college admissions cheating scam
The 15 defendants include CEOs, investment executives, real estate developers and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.
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Michaud, others nominated for higher ed boards
Gov. Janet Mills chooses former U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud and others to serve as trustees for the University of Maine and Maine Community College systems.
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Students learn about filmmaking, photography, broadcasting at Waterville conference
About 200 students and educators from middle and high schools across the state, as well as film and video experts, turned out for the second annual Maine Student Film & Video Conference, held at Mid-Maine Technical Center in Waterville.
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Winslow awaits new budget projection for school renovations without new auditorium and cafeteria
Joel Selwood, School Board chairman, said everyone involved was working to keep the plan under $8.1 million, but Councilor Ken Fletcher noted he is “not satisfied that we’re doing what we need to do.”
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Loss of Special Olympics funding would hurt Maine’s Unified sports programs
Special Olympics Maine receives about 8% of its funding from federal grants it uses to support Unified sports programs in 107 schools across the state.
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Peaks residents urge school finance committee to save island’s pre-K program
The superintendent agrees to add a $40,000 position to the proposed $117.8 million budget to continue the program.