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Governor:Gary Herbert
State Superintendent of Public Instruction:Larry K. Shumway
Quality Counts state grade:C-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:585,552
Number of school districts:118
Number of public schools:1,016
Number of public school teachers:25,677
Unadjusted education spending per student:$6,452
Percent minority students:22.0%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:38.2%
Percent of students with disabilities:12.0%
Percent of English-language learners:7.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:43.0%
8th grade math:34.9%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:33.5%
8th grade reading:35.4%

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May 18, 2010 - Education Week
Federal officials have released the Salt Lake City district from scrutiny, citing ELLs' “meaningful access” to educational programs.
June 9, 2009 - Education Week
Federal officials have released the Salt Lake City district from scrutiny, citing ELLs “meaningful access” to educational programs.
June 5, 2009 - Education Week
The states will experiment with long-range efforts to boost international competitiveness.
October 30, 2008 - Education Week
The defeat of what would have been the nation’s first universal-voucher program highlights again the political vulnerability of such controversial school choice measures.
November 9, 2007 - Education Week
Kentucky, Virginia, Mississippi, and New Jersey are among the states that could be affected.
November 8, 2007 - Education Week
After a multimillion-dollar political campaign that pitted teachers’ unions nationally against school choice advocates, Utah voters yesterday voted overwhelmingly to repeal the nation’s first universal voucher law.
November 7, 2007 - Education Week (Web)
Voters will decide some notable education- and child-related questions when they go to the polls next month.
October 30, 2007 - Education Week
In a conservative state, where the public schools remain popular, an ambitious new voucher program faces a fierce ballot challenge.
October 23, 2007 - Education Week

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