Reviews & Analyses
- FY 2021 EPS Component Review & Synthesis of Findings (Salary Matrices, Benefits Percentages, Regional Adjustment, School Staff Ratios, Gifted & Talented Education, Geographically Isolated & Small School Adjustments) – June 2022
- CTE Component Review - Summary Report - May 2022
- FY 2020 Summary Analysis of Selected EPS Per Pupil and Targeted Fund Cost Components - March 2022
- Measuring Student Poverty - alternatives and policy and research constraints - Jan 2022
- FY 2021 School Bus Replacement Program EPS Component Review - December 2021
- Analysis of the EPS Economically Disadvantaged Student Weight - June 2019
- Analysis of the EPS English Language Learners - December 2019
- Analysis of the EPS Gifted and Talented Component - April 2019, Updated March 2020
- Analysis of the EPS Isolated Small Schools Adjustment - December 2019
- Analysis of the EPS Special Education Component - December 2019, Updated January 2020
- Analysis of Essential Programs and Services Components: Staff Ratios - March 2019
- Analysis of Essential Programs and Services Components: Salary Matrices - February 2019
- Analysis of the EPS Components: Operation and Maintenance of Physical Plant - October 2016
- Analysis of the EPS Components: System Administration - October 2016
- Preliminary Analysis The Cost and Characteristics of Maine's Higher Performing Schools Presentation - February 2006
- Preliminary Analysis The Cost and Characteristics of Maine's Higher Performing Schools Report - February 2006
- Review of Geographic Cost Adjustment Component in the EPS Model - November 2019
- Review of Essential Programs and Services Components: Benefits Percentages - October 2018, Addendum April 2019
- Review of Regional Adjustment Component in Calculating EPS Personnel Costs Presentation - February 2006
Miscellaneous
- CTE Funding Model Overview - Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs - March 2021
- Essential Programs and Services (EPS) Overview - February 2021
- History and Developments of EPS - January 2011
- History and Overview of Maine's School Funding Model - July 2018, revised May 2019
- Final Report on New CTE Funding Model Alignment - March 27, 2019 (PDF)
- Recommendations for a Cost Model to Fund Career and Technical Education in Maine - Updated June 2017
- Study of Maine's More Efficient Public Schools - January 2012
- EPS: The Basis for a New Approach for Funding Maine's Public Schools - Winter 2001