Maine Department of Education is the
state department of education
A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educationa ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
. It is headquartered in the Burton Cross State Office Building in
Augusta.
The Maine Department of Education is responsible for Maine's
public education
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.
History
From 1854-1913 the Department was mostly a one-person operation. The Maine board of Education was formally constituted in 1949 and legislation soon increased the size of the Department.
The state has debated state and federal funding of public education. In 2004 voters approved a measure requiring the state to pay for 55% of the cost of education. In 2016 voters approved the
Maine Question 2 ballot measure to tax income earners over $200,000 to fund public education, but this was not implemented. The state will fund 55% for the 2022 fiscal year.
References
External links
Official website
Higher Education
Public education in Maine
Education
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State departments of education of the United States
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