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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — House lawmakers must approve a bill that would require Kansas to develop annual academic report cards on all children in foster care because few graduate from high school on time, a state legislator said.

Less than 40% of Kansas foster children who were seniors last year completed high school, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. The state's Department of Education and the Department for Children and Families do not track the academic performance of the more than 7,000 children in the foster care system.

Republican Sen. Molly Baumgardner told House legislators Monday that t...