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Schools and Education

Published
June 8, 2018

South Portland school budget calls for 4.7 percent tax increase

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide on a proposed $50.3 million school budget for 2018-19.
Published
June 8, 2018

Proposed Scarborough tax levy for schools up 5.9 percent

Voters will be asked Tuesday to validate a $48.5 million school budget for 2018-19 that would increase spending $1.4 million.
Published
June 8, 2018

Cape voters face potential 6.6 percent tax rate increase

They will consider a proposed $25.4 million school budget on Tuesday.
Published
June 8, 2018

Database: How much does it cost to educate a child in every school district in Maine?

The total per-pupil cost represents overall education spending divided by the number of resident students in each district. This cost is being used to argue both for and against school budgets that will be considered by voters on Tuesday. The state-wide average cost to educate a child for a year in Maine is $13,472.91. The data below omit the costs of staff and student support.
Published
June 8, 2018

Per-pupil spending provides fuel to both sides of Maine school-budget debates

The numbers vary widely between districts in southern Maine, but administrators say they tell only part of the story.

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Published
June 7, 2018

Cumberland, North Yarmouth to vote on school budget calling for 3.8 percent spending hike

SAD 51 will also receive $442,000 less in state subsidies next year.
Published
June 7, 2018

Raises, health benefits drive Gray-New Gloucester school budget increase

Voters are being asked to approve a spending increase of 4.9 percent for the next school year.
Published
June 7, 2018

Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel to vote on $48.1 million school spending plan

The proposal is up 5.1 percent over this year's budget.
Published
June 7, 2018

Biddeford to vote on $26.9 million school budget

The spending plan calls for adding less than a penny to the city's property tax rate.
Published
June 7, 2018

Gorham school budget would increase spending by $1.3 million next year

The plan goes to voters Tuesday as the town grapples with a growing student body.