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| Table 53. | State legislation on gifted and talented programs and number and percent of students receiving services in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1993-94 |
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| | Discretionary| | || | |Discretionary| |
| State- | state- | Gifted an| Gifted and || | State- | state- |Gifted and| Gifted and
| mandated | supported | talented | talented || | mandated | supported | talented | talented
State |gifted and | gifted and | students | students as || State | gifted and | gifted and | students |students as
| talented | talented | receiving| a percent of|| | talented | talented |receiving |a percent of
|programs\1\| programs\2\ | services | enrollment || | programs\1\ | programs\2\ | services | enrollment
----------------------|-----------|---------------|------------|---------------||----------------|---------------|-------------|----------|------------
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 || 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
----------------------|-----------|---------------|------------|---------------||----------------|---------------|-------------|----------|------------
Alabama ..............| | | 16,522 | 2.4 ||Missouri........| X | | 24,877 | 5.0
Alaska................| X | | 4,696 | 4.0 ||Montana ........| X | | --- | ---
Arizona ..............| X | | 39,200 | --- ||Nebraska .......| | X | 18,600 | 10.0
Arkansas .............| X | | 34,710 | 8.0 ||Nevada .........| X | X | 8,343 | 2.0
California ...........| | X | 290,000 | 5.0 ||New Hampshire ..| X | | --- | ---
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Colorado .............| X | | --- | --- ||New Jersey .....| X | | --- | ---
Connecticut ..........| X | | 16,871 | 3.5 ||New Mexico .....| X | | --- | ---
Delaware .............| X | | --- |\3\ 5.0 ||New York .......| X | | 135,000 | 6.0
District of Columbia .| | X | --- | 9.0 ||North Carolina .| X | | 88,450 | 8.0
Florida ..............| X | | 74,572 | 3.5 ||North Dakota ...| | X | 1,107 | 1.0
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Georgia ..............| X | | --- | 5.0 ||Ohio ...........| X | | 244,670 | 13.0
Hawaii ...............| X | | 18,000 | 11.0 ||Oklahoma .......| X | | 61,082 | 10.0
Idaho ................| X | | --- | 1.3 ||Oregon .........| X | | --- | 8.5
Illinois .............| X | |\4\ 166,234 | 5.0 ||Pennsylvania ...| X | | 79,756 | 4.6
Indiana...............| | X | 85,192 | 8.9 ||Rhode Island ...| | X | --- | 3.5-5.0
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Iowa .................| X | | --- | 4.0 ||South Carolina .| X | | 52,000 | 10.0
Kansas ...............| X | | --- | 3.1 ||South Dakota ...| X | | 6,515 | 4.4
Kentucky .............| X | | 52,600 | 5.0 ||Tennessee ......| X | | 18,626 | 2.0
Louisiana ............| X | | 24,000 | 3.2 ||Texas ..........| X | | 248,769 | 7.0
Maine ................| X | | 10,100 | 5.0 ||Utah ...........| X | | --- | ---
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Maryland .............| | X | 90,222 | 12.0 ||Vermont ........| | X | --- | ---
Massachusetts ........| | X | --- | --- ||Virginia .......| X | | 121,598 | 9.2
Michigan .............| | X | 225,154 | 14.0 ||Washington .....| | X | 38,781 | 1.5
Minnesota ............| | X | 55,467 | 7.2 ||West Virginia...| X | | --- | 3.5
Mississippi ..........| X | | 21,678 | 4.3 ||Wisconsin ......| X | | --- | 15.0
| | | | ||Wyoming ........| | X | --- | 3.0
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\1\Mandate requiring identification of and/or services for gifted/talented students.
\2\No mandate requiring identification of or services for gifted/talented students. \3\Grades 2 through 6 only. \4\Data for 1991-92. ---Data not available. SOURCE: Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted, The 1994 State of the States Gifted and Talented Education Report. (This table was prepared May 1996.)
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