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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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Unions and other opponents submit petitions to force a vote on the country’s first "universal" taxpayer-funded voucher law.
April 17, 2007 - Education Week
Opponents say the measure is intended to prevent students from joining gay-straight clubs in schools.
March 6, 2007 - Education Week
Proposed legislation would make it easier for other teachers' groups to get access to recruits.
February 27, 2007 - Education Week
The Ogden, Utah, schools have used mandates of the federal Reading First grant program to fine-tune instruction districtwide, and students' scores are way up.
February 27, 2007 - Education Week
The nation’s first universal statewide voucher program has been signed into law, but its legal future is anything but certain.
February 20, 2007 - Education Week
Utah has become the first state to offer every public school student a tuition voucher.
February 13, 2007 - Education Week (Web)
New state bill would provide $500 per year to students who want to attend private school.
February 9, 2007 - Education Week
Thirteen Western states that are home to more than 93 percent of the nation’s federally owned land have formed a coalition to lobby Washington for an annual $4 billion in lost local and state property-tax revenues on the federal land, nearly $1.9 billion of which would have gone to pay for public education.
December 12, 2006 - Education Week
When Utah state Rep. David N. Cox persuaded fellow Republicans to vote against a school voucher bill last year, he did more than help doom the idea. He became an election-year target.
September 26, 2006 - Education Week
Utah students can receive a high school diploma even if they fail to pass all portions of the state’s exit test, but those diplomas will specify that the students haven’t passed the exam.
January 24, 2006 - Education Week

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