Maine Education Data Management System (MEDMS) was a student and staff data collection and reporting system of the Maine Department of Education (DOE). The Infinite Campus State Edition, chosen by the Maine (DOE), is replacing MEDMS.

The main purpose of the Infinite Campus would be a full-featured District Edition in supporting the regionalization initiative, and the provision of an integrated solution with the State Edition. Infinite Campus is an important component in Maine's Statewide Longitudinal Data System that will provide the LEAs with timely and accurate data to support decisions to improve student achievement. Infinite campus also provides remote hosting, which reduces state and LEA technology infrastructure overhead expenses.

Infinite Campus District Edition, apart from the State Edition, would be offered to regions with a no cost option by the Maine DOE. Eliminating traditional state reporting, district-wide usage of the Infinite Campus District Edition gives Maine DOE access to the student data required at the state level. Districts will be able to leverage an integrated student management system that streamlines data entry and improves district efficiency.

We are pleased that the Maine DOE has selected Infinite Campus as its statewide student management solution and offering it to their districts," said Charlie Kratsch, Infinite Campus Founder and CEO. "The Maine DOE has recently experienced a successful implementation of a new finance system, and I expect the same success with the Infinite Campus implementation. Maine will benefit from our expertise in working with five other states and more than 1,200 district implementations."

Not having any department or commission of higher education or post secondary education, both the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System are autonomous entities with all policy, procedures and administrative oversight vested in their respective boards of trustees. Similarly, their own oversight boards govern Maine’s private higher education institutions. State oversight of the activities of public and private schools, colleges, and universities primarily centers upon degree-granting authorizations, educator preparation program approvals and renewals, and private-for-profit proprietary school licensure. The second type of school districts is usually independent school districts, which do not have a high school and are not totally independent.

The third type is a MSAD (Maine School Administrative District). This is a regional school district that incorporates two or more towns into one school department with one high school and middle school. Students are obligated to attend the central high school. The larger town is equipped with a high school and middle school, while the surrounding towns have elementary schools as well, but no secondary schools. The elementary schools usually cut off after grade 5 or grade 6. Sometimes, towns in a MSAD do not have an elementary school but posses a high school and/or middle school, whereas the surrounding towns have the elementary schools.

A school union is two or more school departments that share a superintendent but nothing else; each town has an independent school board. Usually, only one of the schools in the school union has a high school, but unlike MSADs, students in the whole school union are not compelled to attend that school. School union students are given a choice of neighboring school districts, and the school union pays for the student's tuition.

The last type of school district is a CSD (Community School District, sometimes called a Consolidated School District). This usually (but not always) exists in school districts with such a small student population between several towns that the school district cannot justify an elementary school outside the largest town in the district. In rare cases a CSD refers to only a high school of a school union. Sometimes, in towns geographically isolated (such as island towns) the entire student population attends one school grades PK-12.

Students can choose to attend a school in another district if the parents agree to pay the school tuition. Vocational centers are usually regional, so one school department will administer a technical center but other school districts will transport their students there to take classes.