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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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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
Idaho is bracing for deep education cuts, Kansas is working to prevent any, and Alabama is weighing a gambling tax to fund education.
December 17, 2008 - Education Week
Though education experts have largely embraced the drive to raise the level of math and science courses, students and parents may be satisfied with a less rigorous level of instruction in those subjects.
September 25, 2007 - Education Week
Officials respond to audits and debate expanding programs.
June 7, 2007 - Education Week
The Kansas state board of education appears to be moving in a more civil—if not entirely bipartisan—direction under its new, moderate majority.
May 22, 2007 - Education Week
The races for the nation’s two open state superintendent seats remained too close to call this morning, while incumbents in four states retained their seats.
November 8, 2006 | Updated: December 14, 2011 - Education Week (Web)
The Kansas Supreme Court surprised people on both sides of the state’s 7-year-old school finance case late last month when it ruled that the state had complied with the court’s order to increase funding and dismissed the case, but declined to say whether the new spending plan is constitutional.
August 8, 2006 - Education Week

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