Table 4. Percentage of public school districts that offered various benefits to teachers, by state: 2007

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Table 4. Percentage of public school districts that offered various benefits to teachers, by state: 2007–08
	General medical insurance			Retirement plan¹				Housing, housing subsidies, or rent assistance
State	General medical insurance	Dental insurance	Group life insurance	Defined- benefit	Defined- contribution	Tuition reimbursement		Housing, housing subsidies, or rent assistance		Subsidized meals		Subsidized transportation
United States	98.0	85.2	80.0	83.0	65.9	44.6		3.4		3.8		2.9

Alabama	99.3	97.7	80.2	98.1	70.8	20.0		1.2	!	1.9		0.9
Alaska	100.0	100.0	89.2	92.9	74.0	41.2		37.8		11.2		13.8
Arizona	97.2	88.6	72.5	61.2	67.5	58.9		10.6		7.3	!	1.7	!
Arkansas	87.9	80.8	76.7	85.4	72.7	21.2		1.7	!	2.6	!	4.4	!
California	99.9	100.0	61.3	85.2	54.5	20.4	!	1.3	!	0.8	!	1.4	!

Colorado	100.0	86.0	93.0	86.4	74.7	35.6		17.3	!	14.3	!	#
Connecticut	100.0	100.0	94.5	74.9	70.5	67.4		0.7		0.7		1.3
Delaware	96.4	96.4	96.4	96.9	83.3	83.5		#		#		#
District of Columbia	100.0	100.0	70.1	80.6	100.0	55.2		#		14.9	!	31.2	!
Florida	98.8	92.6	97.5	95.1	74.8	30.7		4.9		#		4.9

Georgia	100.0	99.1	99.0	89.0	78.5	17.4		1.4	!	#		#
Hawaii	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	#	#		100.0		#		#
Idaho	100.0	96.8	92.7	91.9	81.3	54.4		8.6		4.2	!	2.2
Illinois	93.4	79.2	86.6	74.9	60.3	68.8		0.1	!	1.5	!	1.6	!
Indiana	100.0	81.8	99.5	87.5	84.9	25.2		#		0.9	!	1.2	!

Iowa	100.0	61.9	84.5	74.3	52.0	14.3		0.4		0.4		5.1	!
Kansas	99.6	84.9	77.8	70.1	63.2	48.1		#		6.3		11.0
Kentucky	98.9	77.1	97.4	94.0	68.8	23.1		#		5.1	!	5.1	!
Louisiana	100.0	94.7	100.0	93.6	66.4	93.3		2.0	!	13.5		2.0	!
Maine	100.0	69.7	54.2	75.5	49.3	99.2		#		1.3		3.0

Maryland	100.0	100.0	96.0	100.0	65.5	100.0		8.8		#		#
Massachusetts	100.0	76.8	96.7	90.7	62.4	78.0		#		#		0.4
Michigan	100.0	100.0	90.9	70.8	63.5	44.9		#		0.5	!	0.5
Minnesota	98.5	60.6	89.7	82.4	84.3	15.6		#		7.1	!	2.1	!
Mississippi	98.6	80.0	95.9	94.3	68.3	6.1		1.4	!	0.8	!	1.5	!

Missouri	94.9	66.3	85.5	93.6	66.4	44.5		#		8.1	!	0.9
Montana	82.2	57.9	53.1	78.8	43.9	10.2		7.4	!	12.6		5.8
Nebraska	97.8	97.9	50.9	85.9	51.9	12.3		1.4	!	4.7	!	2.1	!
Nevada	100.0	100.0	93.7	93.7	93.7	19.0		31.2		#		#
New Hampshire	96.8	89.3	79.6	92.3	67.8	96.8		#		#		#

New Jersey	100.0	97.5	61.2	78.9	56.9	92.6		#		#		0.4	!
New Mexico	100.0	96.4	100.0	95.6	65.5	50.0		18.0		1.4		2.2
New York	100.0	89.0	50.7	79.6	79.0	29.8		3.9	!	1.7	!	1.2	!
North Carolina	96.9	81.5	65.9	84.4	81.3	68.7		1.1	!	#		0.7
North Dakota	92.8	27.0	44.5	73.8	61.0	43.1		6.2	!	18.6		9.8

Ohio	97.6	94.9	93.0	88.9	65.0	69.7		#		2.1	!	4.5	!
Oklahoma	97.9	72.2	73.7	82.5	65.2	22.5		4.9		11.5		8.0
Oregon	100.0	100.0	62.7	90.0	71.8	85.1		0.6	!	7.4	!	8.1
Pennsylvania	100.0	100.0	93.8	90.3	65.1	88.8		#		3.8	!	4.4	!
Rhode Island	100.0	100.0	85.9	79.4	68.9	46.0		#		#		#

South Carolina	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.1	86.2	43.4		5.1		#		1.6
South Dakota	97.2	80.3	88.6	80.9	57.9	33.5		9.9	!	5.0	!	4.7	!
Tennessee	100.0	91.1	79.7	100.0	47.0	13.2		#		#		#
Texas	97.7	70.8	80.1	78.4	60.7	13.6		10.8		7.8	!	3.7	!
Utah	100.0	80.4	91.3	70.1	86.7	18.2		8.1		1.5		1.3

Vermont	100.0	97.0	80.0	77.2	63.6	95.5		#		3.0	!	3.0	!
Virginia	100.0	97.2	99.2	100.0	62.6	89.5		2.5	!	0.5		2.0
Washington	100.0	100.0	80.6	98.5	89.0	30.7		19.8	!	0.9	!	0.3
West Virginia	98.3	78.6	96.6	95.2	98.4	73.9		1.6		3.6		#
Wisconsin	100.0	98.7	93.9	92.7	68.8	47.0		0.6	!	#		2.7	!
Wyoming	100.0	86.9	96.2	88.6	70.8	51.7		19.9		#		7.2
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Districts can offer both defined-benefit and defined-contribution retirement plans. A defined-benefit retirement plan is a plan in which benefits are invested in a group trust fund which employees do not control. Benefits are based on a formula that takes into account employee's length of employment and earnings. Most state retirement plans are defined-benefit. A defined-contribution retirement plan is a plan where contributions are paid into an individually-controlled retirement account. Funds available at retirement depend on the nature of the investment andreturns. 403(b) plans are defined-contribution.
NOTE: The 2007–08 SASS sampled all districts in Florida, Hawaii, and Maryland. As a result of sampling, variance estimates for these states are always equal to zero and noted with a dagger (†).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08.

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