AUGUSTA — William Beardsley, the de facto leader of Gov. Paul LePage’s Department of Education, has resigned for personal reasons, LePage announced Wednesday. Beardsley’s last day will be Dec. 23, 2016. He will be replaced by Robert G. Hasson, who will serve as acting commissioner. “Bill Beardsley is a man of tremendous integrity, intellect and […]
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Gov. Paul LePage names latest acting education commissioner
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage shuffled in another acting commissioner of the Maine Department of Education on Monday — a procedural move that lets him leave the de facto chief in place while continuing to avoid a confirmation hearing. The Republican governor gave Robert Hasson, the department’s director of certification, the job of acting commissioner, […]
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Janet Mills says education commission intentionally violated law
AUGUSTA — Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills says a state commission intentionally violated the law by excluding the public from an April meeting. Her office Friday filed a civil complaint in Maine district court seeking an up-to $500 fine against a commission tasked with reforming public education funding. A July 25 court appearance is scheduled […]
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Gov. Paul LePage makes Beardsley the Education ‘public service executive’
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has approved a financial order that will keep the man who is Maine’s de facto education commissioner — but hasn’t been confirmed by legislators — in office through 2018. The order allows acting Education Commissioner William Beardsley to be “public service executive” in his department through April 2018, calling the position one […]
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Paul LePage withdraws nomination of William Beardsley as education commissioner
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage announced Tuesday that he has temporarily withdrawn his nomination of William Beardsley for education commissioner, citing opposition that is growing on the Legislature’s Education Committee. Beardsley has come under fire in the past for his involvement in a Bangor-area controversy around the late Rev. Robert Carlson and for his views […]
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Paul LePage names William Beardsley as acting Education commissioner
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage announced Friday that he has appointed William Beardsley as acting commissioner of the Maine Department of Education. Beardsley, the former president of Husson University, Maine Department of Conservation commissioner and 2010 gubernatorial candidate, will assume the position immediately. “Bill has a strong track record in Maine and elsewhere, broad constituency […]