The closing days of the current session need to make time for child care, teacher pay and investment in postsecondary education.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to change oversight of child welfare in Maine to mirror the approach taken by its neighboring state.

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - A Maine law enacted in 2024 mandates that starting in 2028, school districts will be responsible for providing a free appropriate public education to children with ...

EASTON, Maine — A new partnership between the Aroostook County Action Program and the Easton School Department could provide a much-needed option for child care in the region after two local day cares ...

Maine's Child Development Services has struggled to pay some of its contractors on time recently Schumer says Senate will vote on Social Security changes 8 ways to tell if your smartphone is being ...

Sep. 9—The Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against Maine for "unnecessarily segregating children with behavioral health disabilities in hospitals, residential facilities and a ...

The Maine DHHS Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) announced today new child care reimbursement rates taking effect in July 2024 that will improve access to high-quality child care and early ...

View all of our recaps. This bill would shift the responsibility of educating Maine’s youngest students with disabilities away from Child Development Services, the agency currently responsible for ...

Under the newly passed legislation, Maine's Child Development Services (CDS) offices would remain open, but responsibility for students aged three to five would be transferred to local school ...

Maine’s director of Child Development Services retires after no-confidence vote Roberta Lucas had come under scrutiny this year because the agency has been failing to meet its legal obligations ...