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Governor:Brian Schweitzer
Superintendent of Public Instruction:Denise Juneau
Quality Counts state grade:C-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:141,693
Number of school districts:419
Number of public schools:827
Number of public school teachers:10,361
Unadjusted education spending per student:$10,565
Percent minority students:18.3%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:40.8%
Percent of students with disabilities:11.8%
Percent of English-language learners:2.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:45.3%
8th grade math:45.6%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:35.7%
8th grade reading:41.5%

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December 15, 1993 - Education Week

Spurred by the plight of school districts like Plentywood, Mont.-where students have been attending classes in a skating rink since their school burned down a year ago--a Montana state panel has voted to provide emergency help to districts whose ability to sell construction bonds has been halted by the legislature's failure to complete reform of the state school-finance formula.

January 8, 1992 - Education Week
Frustrated by what they see as the legislature's failure to provide adequate state aid, a group of low-wealth Montana school districts has launched a new round of the finance-equity challenge that led to the overturning of the state's school-funding system three years ago.
September 4, 1991 - Education Week
Montana lawmakers have revamped the state's school-finance system in an effort to comply with a ruling by the state supreme court, but lawyers for property-poor districts contend that the measure does not go far enough to equalize spending among schools.
August 2, 1989 - Education Week
Montana lawmakers will have 11 days in June in which to devise a plan to comply with a state supreme court decision that struck down the school-finance system.
May 3, 1989 - Education Week
In a unanimous decision, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the state's system of funding public schools is unconstitutional because it fails to ensure equality of educational opportunity.
February 15, 1989 - Education Week

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