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School districts plan to spend additional state funding on tax relief, building projects
The state budget approved this week will fund schools at 55 percent statewide for the first time since voters approved the measure in a ballot question in 2004.
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Maine school districts that will see an increase in state funding under the state’s updated biennial budget are making plans to spend the money on tax relief, building projects and to offset long-term costs that are currently being paid for with federal coronavirus relief money.
The plans follow the Legislature’s approval of Gov. Janet Mills’ proposal to add $187 million for K-12 education to the new two-year state budget, allowing the state to fund schools at 55 percent for the first time since it was mandated by a statewide ballot question in 2004.