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Comparison of Proposals to Restructure Central Office Administration. Owen Maurais Executive Director, PREP February 8, 2007. Brookings Institute Recommendations . “Charting Maine’s Future” Recommendations.
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Comparison of Proposals to Restructure Central Office Administration Owen Maurais Executive Director, PREP February 8, 2007
“Charting Maine’s Future”Recommendations 1. Fully fund and enlarge the funding for the Efficient Delivery of Educational Services
“Charting Maine’s Future”Recommendations 2. Reduce Maine’s K-12 district level administrative spending to the national average
“Charting Maine’s Future”Recommendations 3. Begin the work of dramatically reducing the number of school administrative units (districts)
“Charting Maine’s Future”Recommendations 4. Appoint a high level educational reorganization commission to develop for an up-or-down vote in the legislature a specific, bold plan for greatly reducing the number of K-12 administrative units and their associated costs
7 Proposals Mandatory consolidation Various forms of collaboration & planning • Baldacci Proposal (LD499 Part MM) • Turner Proposal (LD370) • State Board of Education Proposal (LD1619) • Maine Service Centers (LD1386) • Maine Children’s Alliance (LD464) • Silsby Proposal (LD1148) • Mills Proposal (LD1415)
Comparison of Proposals to Restructure Central Office Administration Owen Maurais Executive Director, PREP February 8, 2007