Schools Fail Testing Standards Feds Slash State's Funds for Administration by 25%

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AUGUSTA - In a stinging rebuke, the federal government has found the state's educational testing system does not meet federal standards and has docked Maine 25 percent of its administration funding.

Maine Commissioner of Education Susan Gendron called the reduction in funding "significant," and pledged to do everything in her power to get the money restored. The penalty amounts to $113,883 and is part of a $455,532 subsidy that the state uses to help schools reach performance standards under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

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Schools Fail Testing Standards Feds Slash State's Funds for Administration by 25%

"I am very confident that based on the evidence we have in hand that we will get the money back," Gendron said Friday.

Gendron revealed the reduction during an afternoon press conference at the state capitol and sai...

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