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Governor:Sam Brownback
Commissioner of Education:Diane DeBacker
Quality Counts state grade:C
Pre-K-12 enrollment:483,701
Number of school districts:298
Number of public schools:1,378
Number of public school teachers:34,644
Unadjusted education spending per student:$9,972
Percent minority students:32.0%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:47.3%
Percent of students with disabilities:13.8%
Percent of English-language learners:8.1%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:47.7%
8th grade math:40.8%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:36.1%
8th grade reading:35.5%

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School Improvement Grant recipients are anxious about sustaining gains once the funds run out.
April 15, 2012 - Education Week
Leaders with the Kansas City School District's parents' organization and teachers union don't want a state-run panel to unseat the district's school board.
November 2, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
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November 16, 2010 - Education Week
Two of the state's largest school districts say the teamwork has saved jobs and increased the efficiency of sharing data on such matters as student performance.
October 12, 2010 - Education Week
Faced with budget woes, a handful of states look to a little-used legal provision to offer an escape hatch from federal spending mandates.
June 15, 2010 - Education Week

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