All posts tagged fiscal sanity
A 55 Percent State Share of K12 Spending? We’re already there
Read the full report | In 2004, Maine voters approved a citizen-initiated referendum calling on the state to fund “55 percent of the cost of public education.” The following spring, the legislature enacted LD 1, which put a process in place whereby …
Measuring Maine’s Public Colleges: Non-Instructional Staffing and Cost-Per-Degree
Read the full report | Are Maine’s colleges and universities as efficient as they could be? According to the Brookings Institution’s 2006 “Charting Maine’s Future” report, “inefficiencies in
Cost per Degree: Measuring Inputs and Outputs at Maine’s Public and Private Colleges
Read the full report | Dramatic increases in the cost of college have concerned policymakers and the college-going public for years. Citing data indicating that “college tuition and
Maine Spends Too Much… But Where?
Read the full report | The next state budget has not been submitted yet, but the debates about a gap of at least $500 million between tax
The Maine Heritage Policy Center
