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Lisbon is one of roughly a half dozen school districts in the state starting the year without a new budget in place. The schools there will have to operate under last year's budget, which provides nearly half a million dollars less than what the district is seeking and was twice rejected by voters.

Hundreds of Maine students will take to outdoor classrooms this year thanks to a new pilot program administered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

System officials say enrollment stands at more than 25,000 students across all campuses, the largest in four years.

A state fund that incentivizes Maine public schools to purchase food directly from local producers is expanding this year. State officials say a new law is helping each dollar a school spends on local food go further.

Forty-five Maine prisoners have been hired by outside companies to do remote jobs from their cells. A few are earning more than corrections officers.

Nearly 16,000 students have enrolled across the community college system.

The new Capital Center complex features nursing simulation labs as well as a state-of-the-art training facility for UMA's cybersecurity degree program.

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