Changes to Maine’s school funding formula could benefit Calais

Changes to Maine’s school funding formula could benefit Calais

Photo by Robert F. Bukaty of the Associated Press.CALAIS — Superintendent Mary Anne Spearin told the Calais School Committee earlier this month that proposed changes to the state’s school funding formula could benefit the district. The Maine Legislature voted Thursday to pass L.D. 2226 — An Act to Amend the Essential Programs and Services School Funding Formula — and adopt three of the report’s four recommendations. Last year, state lawmakers di…