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State Education Reforms (SER)

Table 1.4. Types of school sanctions, by state: 2005–06
 
State School closure Reconstitution Reconstituting
school as a
charter
Permitting
student
transfers
Turning school
over to private
management
Withholding
funds
  United States110251316145
 
AlabamaNoYesNoNoNoNo
AlaskaNoNoNoNoNoNo
ArizonaNoNoNoNoYesNo
ArkansasYesYesNoYesNoNo
CaliforniaYesYesYesYesYesNo
 
ColoradoNoNoYesNoNoNo
ConnecticutNoNoNoNoNoNo
DelawareNoNoNoNoNoNo
District of ColumbiaNoNoNoNoNoNo
FloridaNoYesNoYesYes Yes2
 
GeorgiaNoYesYesYesYesNo
HawaiiNoYesYesYesYesNo
IdahoNoYesYesYesYesNo
IllinoisYesYesYesNoYesYes
IndianaYesYesNoYesYesNo
 
IowaNoNoNoNoNoNo
KansasNoNoNoNoNoNo
KentuckyNoYesNoYesNoNo
LouisianaNoYesYesYesYesYes
MaineNoNoNoNoNoNo
 
MarylandYesYesYesNoYesYes
MassachusettsNoYesNoNoNoNo
MichiganYesYesNoYesNoNo
MinnesotaNoNoNoNoNoNo
MississippiNoYesNoNoNoNo
 
MissouriNoNoNoNoNoNo
MontanaNoNoNoNoNoNo
NebraskaNoNoNoNoNoNo
NevadaNoNoNoNoNoNo
New HampshireNoNoNoNoNoNo
 
New JerseyNoNoNoNoNoNo
New MexicoNoYesYesYesNoNo
New YorkYesYesYesNoNoNo
North CarolinaNoYesNoNoYesNo
North DakotaNoNoNoNoNoNo
 
OhioYesYesYesYesYesNo
OklahomaNoYesYesYesYesNo
OregonNoNoNoNoNoNo
PennsylvaniaNoNoNoNoNoNo
Rhode IslandNoYesNoNoNoNo
 
South CarolinaNoYesNoNoNoNo
South DakotaNoNoNoNoNoNo
TennesseeNoYesYesYesYesYes
TexasYesYesNoYesNoNo
UtahNoNoNoNoNoNo
 
VermontYesNoNoNoNoNo
VirginiaNoNoNoNoNoNo
WashingtonNoNoNoNoNoNo
West VirginiaNoYesNoYesNoNo
WisconsinNoNoNoNoNoNo
WyomingNoNoNoNoNoNo
1National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for each column.
2In Florida, funds may be withheld from school districts, but not from schools.
SOURCE: Standards and Accountability table from Editorial Projects in Education Research Center. (2006). Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards-Based Education. Washington, DC: Education Week. Data Source