Local educators await extra funds from Washington
February 19, 2009 -
AUGUSTA -- Economic stimulus money will restore the $27 million Maine school districts forfeited as part of Gov. John Baldacci's fall 2008 spending curtailment order, Education Commissioner Susan Gendron said Wednesday.
The infusion of $787 billion in federal funds President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday will also provide millions of dollars to help Maine districts balance their budgets for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years.
Gendron said she does not yet have exact numbers, but she estimated Maine would receive $160 million that local school districts as well as public colleges and universities will have to spend by mid-2011.
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