Table 7. Percentage distribution of public school districts, by specific agreements with teachers' associations or unions and state: 2007–08
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| United States | 53.5 | | 10.9 | | 35.6 | |
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| Alabama | # | | 43.5 | | 56.5 | |
| Alaska | 80.9 | | 13.1 | | 6.0 | |
| Arizona | 0.4 | | 14.4 | | 85.2 | |
| Arkansas | 1.5 | | 9.7 | | 88.7 | |
| California | 82.3 | | 5.2 | | 12.6 | ! |
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| Colorado | 28.7 | | 20.4 | ! | 51.0 | |
| Connecticut | 91.5 | | 5.7 | ! | 2.8 | ! |
| Delaware | 61.0 | | # | | 39.0 | |
| District of Columbia | 10.3 | ! | # | | 89.7 | |
| Florida | 90.2 | | 7.4 | | 2.5 | |
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| Georgia | # | | 1.2 | ! | 98.8 | |
| Hawaii | 100.0 | | # | | # | |
| Idaho | 70.2 | | 15.8 | | 14.0 | |
| Illinois | 88.7 | | 6.0 | ! | 5.3 | ! |
| Indiana | 80.1 | | 15.1 | | 4.8 | ! |
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| Iowa | 95.6 | | 4.4 | | # | |
| Kansas | 58.0 | | 32.9 | | 9.1 | |
| Kentucky | 6.4 | | 8.6 | | 85.0 | |
| Louisiana | 10.5 | | 6.8 | | 82.6 | |
| Maine | 93.0 | | 7.0 | | # | |
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| Maryland | 91.6 | | 4.4 | | 4.0 | |
| Massachusetts | 83.1 | | 5.2 | ! | 11.7 | ! |
| Michigan | 66.4 | | 4.2 | | 29.4 | |
| Minnesota | 45.7 | | 34.9 | | 19.4 | |
| Mississippi | 1.3 | ! | # | | 98.7 | |
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| Missouri | 0.9 | | 35.3 | | 63.9 | |
| Montana | 60.7 | | 8.4 | | 30.9 | |
| Nebraska | 80.3 | | 13.2 | | 6.5 | |
| Nevada | 100.0 | | # | | # | |
| New Hampshire | 94.4 | | # | | 5.6 | |
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| New Jersey | 80.8 | | 13.6 | ! | 5.6 | ! |
| New Mexico | 31.2 | | 7.5 | | 61.4 | |
| New York | 81.0 | | 9.1 | ! | 9.8 | ! |
| North Carolina | 0.4 | ! | 6.0 | ! | 93.6 | |
| North Dakota | 56.5 | | 18.4 | | 25.1 | |
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| Ohio | 75.5 | | 2.6 | ! | 21.9 | |
| Oklahoma | 22.7 | | 11.2 | | 66.1 | |
| Oregon | 92.1 | | 6.0 | ! | 1.9 | ! |
| Pennsylvania | 75.3 | | 9.0 | | 15.7 | |
| Rhode Island | 69.6 | | 10.4 | | 20.0 | |
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| South Carolina | 0.8 | | 0.8 | | 98.4 | |
| South Dakota | 59.4 | | 25.9 | | 14.7 | |
| Tennessee | 66.3 | | 15.8 | | 17.9 | |
| Texas | # | | 2.2 | ! | 97.8 | |
| Utah | 24.0 | | 36.5 | ! | 39.4 | |
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| Vermont | 87.3 | | 12.7 | ! | # | |
| Virginia | # | | 20.6 | | 79.4 | |
| Washington | 67.7 | | 12.5 | ! | 19.8 | ! |
| West Virginia | # | | 11.6 | | 88.4 | |
| Wisconsin | 88.6 | | 11.0 | | 0.5 | ! |
| Wyoming | 1.8 | | 42.1 | | 56.1 | |
| # 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. |
| 1Collective bargaining agreements are legally-binding agreements. |
| 2Meet-and-confer discussions are for the purpose of reaching non-legally-binding agreements. |
| 3This category includes both no agreements and other agreements that do not meet the precise legal definitions of collective bargaining and meet-and-confer agreements. |
| 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 (†). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08. |