AUGUSTA The Senate passed a bill Monday from Senator David Miramant, D-Camden, that would require the State of Maine to meet its 55 percent contribution requirement to schools. LD 1114, “An Act To Require the State To Meet the Mandatory 55 Percent.
What They Are Saying: Leaders Praise Governor Millsâ Budget Proposal For Fully Funding Education
May 12, 2021
âToday is a historic day for students, educators, and the people of Maine.â
âTodayâs announcement exemplifies the kind of leadership and commitment to education that Maine students deserve from their Governor.â
âIncredible news.â
Governor Janet Mills today released her Administrationâs Part 2 budget proposal for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 biennium, which â for the first time in Maineâs history â meets the Stateâs obligation to pay 55 percent of the cost of K-12 education.
Leaders, advocates, and other experts from across Maine are praising the Governorâs proposal, which also invests in a host of bipartisan priorities, including initiatives to improve the health of Maine people; tax relief for low- and middle-income Maine people; enhanced revenue sharing with municipalities; PFAS remediation; and infras
Gov. Mills proposes $187 million increase in school funding in updated state budget
The plan would fund education at the voter-approved level of 55% for the first time, provide more money to cities and towns, and put a record amount in the state s rainy day fund.
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Gov. Janet Mills proposed an additional $187 million in education funding Wednesday in a revision of the recently approved state budget that also includes allocations to the Medicaid program, environmental protection and the state’s “rainy day” contingency fund.
Combined with a proposed increase in revenue sharing with municipalities, Mills’ budget could relieve pressure on property taxes, a prospect that earned praise from educators and municipal leaders. But some conservatives repeated a call for income tax relief and questioned the need for more spending on schools.
Skowhegan-based school district looks to return to classrooms in fall
Superintendent in Maine School Administrative District 54 says lack of certainty with state COVID-19 guidelines makes planning difficult.
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SKOWHEGAN As the 2020-21 school year nears its conclusion, Maine School Administrative District 54 school officials, like administrators statewide, are looking at options for returning this fall to full-time, in-person instruction.
“It’s incredibly difficult to plan right now because of the lack of certainty about the fall,” Jon Moody, superintendent in MSAD 54, wrote last week in an email. “What we know is that we’ve been able to have all students pre-k through 6 successfully, and that it is essential to get our 7-12 students back in-person every day next year.”
YORK, Maine Jeff Jellison, a York native with more than 20 years of experience in real estate, said he hasn t seen anything quite like today s local housing market.
Demand has been exceptionally high in recent months, and the inventory in York is at an unprecedented low, spurring rapid-fire deal-making in an environment that clearly favors sellers, he said. Any time a nice house comes on the market, there s a mad dash for it, said Jellison, a broker and residential real estate developer with Century 21 Atlantic Realty. That demand is just going to continue .
it can t level out until the inventory starts to rise, he said.