State Senate approves MDI schools plan
Bar Harbor Times, February 13, 2008
(excerpt) The State Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved a measure that would allow School Union 98 to retain its current governance structure. The vote was 18-17.
The measure, which now goes to the House of Representatives, also would establish the Union 98 model as an option for school unions around the state that don't want to radically alter the way they are structured to comply with the state's school consolidation law. That law, as now written, takes control of K-8 schools out of the hands of locally elected school boards.
Sen. Dennis Damon of Lamoine, whose district includes Mount Desert Island, introduced the Union 98 option as an amendment to a bill that would make several other changes in the consolidation law. Gov. John Baldacci and Education Commissioner Susan Gendron support the main bill, but they oppose the Union 98 amendment.
(excerpt) The State Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved a measure that would allow School Union 98 to retain its current governance structure. The vote was 18-17.
The measure, which now goes to the House of Representatives, also would establish the Union 98 model as an option for school unions around the state that don't want to radically alter the way they are structured to comply with the state's school consolidation law. That law, as now written, takes control of K-8 schools out of the hands of locally elected school boards.
Sen. Dennis Damon of Lamoine, whose district includes Mount Desert Island, introduced the Union 98 option as an amendment to a bill that would make several other changes in the consolidation law. Gov. John Baldacci and Education Commissioner Susan Gendron support the main bill, but they oppose the Union 98 amendment.
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