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Lawmakers hear input on bill to have local schools, not the state, provide disability services for young kids

The Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee held a public hearing Tuesday to work through a proposal to make school districts responsible for providing these services to kids ages 3 to 6.

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Lawmakers consider bill to shift oversight of young children with disabilities

Lawmakers consider bill to shift oversight of young children with disabilities
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Lawyers say they have limited access to clients at Maine s lone youth prison

Multiple juvenile defense attorneys said there have been at least 2 incidents at the Long Creek Youth Development Center since December and the teens are being held in frequent 23-hour lockdowns.

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Maine is failing its youngest kids in need of disability services

Children are spending weeks, months, sometimes a year waiting for help from Child Development Services that the state agency says it cannot provide.

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Maine is failing its youngest kids in need of disability services

Children are spending weeks, months, sometimes a year waiting for help from Child Development Services that the state agency says it cannot provide.

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