Table 5.3. Types of state and district requirements for kindergarten attendance, by state: 2011

State	State requires districts to offer kindergarten program	State requires districts to offer full-day kindergarten program	State requires kindergarten attendance
Table 5.3. Types of state and district requirements for kindergarten attendance, by state: 2011

United States¹	43	10	15

Alabama	Yes	Yes	No
Alaska	No	No	No
Arizona	Yes	No	No
Arkansas	Yes	Yes	Yes
California	Yes	No	No

Colorado	Yes	No	No
Connecticut	Yes	No	Yes
Delaware	Yes	No	Yes
District of Columbia	Yes	No	Yes
Florida	Yes	No	No

Georgia	Yes	Yes	No
Hawaii	Yes	No	No
Idaho	No	No	No
Illinois	Yes	No	No
Indiana	Yes	No	No

Iowa	Yes	No	No
Kansas	Yes	No	No
Kentucky	Yes	No	No
Louisiana	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maine	Yes	No	No

Maryland	Yes	Yes	Yes
Massachusetts	Yes	No	No
Michigan	No	No	No
Minnesota	Yes	No	No
Mississippi	Yes	Yes	No

Missouri	Yes	No	No
Montana	Yes	No	No
Nebraska	Yes	No	No
Nevada	Yes	No	Yes
New Hampshire	No	No	No

New Jersey	No	No	No
New Mexico	Yes	No	Yes
New York	No	No	No
North Carolina	Yes	Yes	No
North Dakota	No	No	No

Ohio	Yes	No	Yes
Oklahoma	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oregon	Yes	No	No
Pennsylvania	No	No	No
Rhode Island	Yes	No	Yes

South Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Dakota	Yes	No	No
Tennessee	Yes	No	Yes
Texas	Yes	No	No
Utah	Yes	No	No

Vermont	Yes	No	No
Virginia	Yes	No	Yes
Washington	Yes	No	No
West Virginia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
Wyoming	Yes	No	No
¹ National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for the column. SOURCE: State Kindergarten Statutes: State Comparisons, Education Commission of the States, retrieved June 25, 2012 from http://mb2.ecs.org/reports/Report.aspx?id=14. Data Source

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