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Category: Education and Cultural Affairs

MEASURE ADDRESSES CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AMONG YOUNG LEARNERS

Posted: March 12, 2015

Chronic absence impedes learning and foretells dropout rates AUGUSTA – A measure aimed at reducing chronic absence from school received support...

SENATE ENACTS MEASURE TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LOCK-DOWN EMERGENCIES

Posted: March 11, 2015

AUGUSTA – Today, the Maine Senate enacted a bill aimed at better preparing Maine school children in times of emergency. The bill, LD 97, a...

PARENTS AND STUDENTS WANT CONTROL OVER STANDARDIZED TESTING MANDATES

Posted: March 05, 2015

Rally urging “opt-out” measure held at State House   AUGUSTA –Parents, students, and teachers joined Democratic State Senator Nate Libby...

BIPARTISAN AND BROAD SUPPORT FOR MEASURE TO INCREASE COLLEGE RETENTION AND DEGREE ATTAINMENT

Posted: March 04, 2015

Gov. LePage’s commissioner, business leaders, higher ed leaders, and students endorse measure   AUGUSTA – A measure to increase the overall...

Senator Libby Applauds Education Committee’s Unanimous Approval of Bill to Better Prepare Schools for Emergency Drills

Posted: February 12, 2015

AUGUSTA – In response to tragedies in schools around the nation, Senator Nate Libby of Lewiston introduced legislation this session to require...

SPECIAL COMMISSION ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY: “It’s not just a young person problem”

Posted: February 11, 2015

Plan highlights collaborative need to tackle affordability and degree attainment   AUGUSTA--Lawmakers, students, parents, and higher education...

CHILDHOOD HUNGER TASK FORCE: “Let’s be the first state in the nation to end childhood hunger”

Posted: February 05, 2015

With more than 86,000 hungry children, Maine leads New England with the highest rate of food insecurity   AUGUSTA--The Task Force to End...

MAINE SENATE CONFIRMS 50 LEPAGE NOMINEES

Posted: September 30, 2014

Rejects Dench for top post at UMaine System   AUGUSTA--The Maine Senate reconvened today to confirm 50 of Governor Paul LePage’s political...

EDUCATION PANEL REJECTS DENCH’S NOMINATION FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF PLAGIARISM

Posted: September 29, 2014

Lawmakers Confirm 21 of LePage’s 22 Nominees For Appointments AUGUSTA -- The State Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee on...

MAINE SENATE RECONVENES FOR 51 LEPAGE NOMINATIONS

Posted: September 23, 2014

Public hearings to start this week AUGUSTA--The Maine Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, September 30 at 10:00 a.m. to vote on Governor Paul...