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Social studies teacher Logan Landry looks over the shoulder of seventh grader Simone Moore as she works on a project while seated next to a cutout of Elvis Presley at the Bruce M. Whittier Middle School, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Poland, Maine.
Maine schools are receiving more than $411 million in federal funds from the pandemic relief package passed earlier this year.
The new influx of money follows several other rounds of payouts over the past year, which schools have used for technology, extra staff and transportation and other needs.
Portland Public Schools are scheduled to receive nearly $18 million from the latest funding package. At a budget hearing earlier this week, Superintendent Xavier Botana said the district is planning to use the cumulative federal funds for summer school, technology and hiring dedicated substitute teachers.
Maine schools to fund summer programs, safe reopenings with federal relief money
School districts must spend at least 20% of their allocations to address learning loss, and some superintendents say they are also looking at summer programming and additional staffing.
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Maine school districts receiving millions of dollars in additional federal coronavirus relief will use the money to address learning loss, summer programming and continuing efforts to safely reopen schools.
Portland Public Schools, the state’s largest district, is expecting to receive close to $18 million from the American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Biden last month. Some of the money will go to funding summer programming over the next two years as well as the needs associated with increasing in-person learning, said Superintendent Xavier Botana at a school board meeting Tuesday night.
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Portland school officials outlined a plan Tuesday night to regularly bring 10th through 12th graders back into school though leaders gave no time frame
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