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Governor:Matt Mead
Superintendent of Public Instruction:Cindy Hill
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:88,993
Number of school districts:54
Number of public schools:360
Number of public school teachers:7,127
Unadjusted education spending per student:$15,232
Percent minority students:19.0%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:37.0%
Percent of students with disabilities:17.1%
Percent of English-language learners:2.9%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:43.9%
8th grade math:37.4%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:34.4%
8th grade reading:37.7%

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Wyo. District Sues Teacher Who Quit After Signing On
In an effort to try to hang on to its teachers, the school district in Green River, Wyo., has filed a lawsuit against a teacher who resigned before she ever started her job.
June 5, 2002 - Education Week
Wyoming Gov. Urges Higher Taxes To Help Keep Schools Afloat
Faced with a budget deficit that is clouding the future of Wyoming schools, Gov. Jim Geringer used his State of the State Address last week to call for imposing one new tax, raising another, and extending the life of a third.
February 23, 2000 - Education Week
Wyo. Finance Case Nearing Final Decision
A judge in Wyoming has ruled that the state's funding formula for major school construction and maintenance projects is unconstitutional because it favors wealthy school districts. But he upheld the state's cost-based system for funding school operations as constitutional.
January 12, 2000 - Education Week
Turmoil in Wyoming: School Funding Back in Court

This week, long-simmering frustrations over school funding in Wyoming are scheduled to spill over again in a courtroom showdown.

November 5, 1997 - Education Week
It's Nearly High Noon for Wyo. Officials Facing Finance Deadline

Cheyenne, Wyo.

Here in the capital of the vast, scenic Cowboy State, lawmakers are under the gun to meet what is nationally among the most far-reaching school finance mandates a high court has issued.

June 11, 1997 - Education Week
Lawmakers Show Little Appetite For Big School Changes in Wyo.
Ordered by the state supreme court to step back and define "the proper education for a Wyoming child," state lawmakers' answer seems to be: the one we're already providing.
November 6, 1996 - Education Week
Court Again Strikes Down Wyo. Finance System
November 22, 1995 - Education Week
Oral Arguments Begin in Wyoming School-Finance Case
October 13, 1993 - Education Week
Outcome-Based Accreditation Plan Advances in Wyoming
January 31, 1990 - Education Week
Wyoming Firms Found To Underpay Taxes
Recent revelations that major Wyoming oil and gas producers may have underpaid millions of dollars in property taxes have prompted lawmakers to consider a bill that would expand the state's authority to audit and monitor mineral production.
March 16, 1988 - Education Week

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