Three families are suing the commissioner of the Maine Department of Education over the state policy barring tuition reimbursements for religious schools. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor challenges a decades-old law in Maine. Local school administrative units that do not have their own secondary schools can pay a certain amount […]
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UMaine System trustees approve second tuition hike in two years
The cost of attending the University of Maine System campuses will increase by an average of $466 a year next fall under a tuition and fees increase approved Monday by the system’s board of trustees. It’s the second increase in two years after a six-year tuition freeze. Several trustees said the long stretch of flat […]
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UM System raising tuition, other costs this year
Higher education is going to cost more in Maine next fall. Tuition, fees and room and board costs at the seven campuses of the University of Maine System will increase an average of $466, or 2.9 percent, in the fall, according to budget figures presented Wednesday to the system’s trustees’ finance committee. The state’s community […]
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University of Maine System to see first tuition increase in six years
PRESQUE ISLE (AP) — University of Maine System trustees have approved a tuition increase. The Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2qQFeIj ) that tuition alone in the system will be raised an average of 3.3 percent, or $242 per year. In-state students are expected to pay around $17,486 for tuition, fees and room and board. Rates for […]
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Special tuition rate offered at Holy Savior
RUMFORD — The Holy Savior Catholic School is offering a special tuition rate of $500 for the remainder of the year to newly enrolled students, according to a news release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. The special rate is designed to “make it possible for parents and students to experience the benefits of […]
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Logjam on funding for veterans bills breaks in Maine House
AUGUSTA — A quiver of bills meant to better assist Maine veterans as well as cover University of Maine and community college tuition costs for members of the state’s National Guard gained unanimous approval Friday in state House of Representatives. The legislation, much of it a result or recommendations from a special commission that examined […]
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Gov. Paul LePage offers funds to freeze UMaine tuition
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says he’ll include about $8 million in additional funding in the budget for the University of Maine System if the board agrees to a tuition freeze. The Portland Press Herald reports that the money would offset the need for a tuition increase and provide funds for specific programs, including early […]
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UMaine System trustees vote to freeze tuition again
ORONO — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees directed officials Monday to craft the system’s 2016 budget without increasing in-state tuition. That commitment came in spite of the system’s plan to dip into its reserves to the tune of about $9 million to cover a projected budget gap and fund some one-time expenses. A […]
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RSU 10 leader hoping budget cuts last year will be restored
DIXFIELD — As the Regional School Unit 10 board began the annual budget process Monday, Superintendent Craig King said he hopes staffing and program cuts made last year will be restored. The current budget of $36.2 million prompted the elimination of 44 full- and part-time positions last year. King said contractual agreements with the district’s […]
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University asks for more state funding to maintain tuition freeze
BANGOR — For the first time in three years, the University of Maine System plans to ask the state for an increase in the amount of funding the seven-campus network receives from taxpayers. Pending approval from the Board of Trustees, the system will ask for $182.2 million for fiscal year 2016 and $189.1 million for […]