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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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The Montana Board of Regents, the higher-education board for a state where populist traditions run deep, has since 1984 been moving cautiously and in stages toward raising the admission standards of its colleges and universities.
May 25, 1988 - Education Week
A Montana judge has set an October 1989 deadline for the legislature to make major revisions in the state's school-funding formula.
January 27, 1987 - Education Week
A coalition of 39 low-wealth Montana school districts and a handful of individual taxpayers have filed suit against the state claiming that its system of financing public education is inadequate and inequitable.
May 1, 1985 - Education Week

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