Table 3.3. States with charter school caps, automatic exemptions, required teacher certification, and identification of special education responsibilities for charter schools, by state: 2017

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Table 3.3. States with charter school caps, automatic exemptions, required teacher certification, and identification of special education responsibilities for charter schools, by state: 2017–18

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State	State has a cap on the number of charter schools	State law provides automatic exemptions from many state and district laws and regulations		Teacher certification required		State law identifies special education services responsibilities for charter schools
United States¹	21	29		37		42

Alabama	Yes	Yes		No		Yes	²
Alaska	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	³
Arizona	No	Yes		No		Yes	⁴
Arkansas	Yes	No	⁵	No	⁵	Yes	²
California	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	⁷

Colorado	No	Yes		Yes	⁸	Yes	⁴
Connecticut	Yes	No	⁵	Yes	⁶	Yes	⁴
Delaware	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	²
District of Columbia	Yes	Yes		No		Yes	⁴
Florida	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	²

Georgia	No	No	⁵	No	⁵	Yes	³
Hawaii	No	No		Yes		Yes	²
Idaho	No	Yes		Yes	⁹	Yes	²
Illinois	Yes	Yes		Yes	¹⁰	Yes	³
Indiana	No	Yes	¹¹	Yes	⁵	Yes	⁷

Iowa	No	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	⁴
Kansas	No	No	⁵	Yes		No
Kentucky	No	Yes		Yes		No
Louisiana	No	Yes		No		Yes	²
Maine	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	⁴

Maryland	No	No	⁵	Yes		No
Massachusetts	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	⁴
Michigan	Yes	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	³
Minnesota	No	Yes		Yes		Yes	⁴
Mississippi	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	²

Missouri	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	⁴
Montana	†	†		†		†
Nebraska	†	†		†		†
Nevada	No	No	¹²	Yes	⁶	Yes	³
New Hampshire	No	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes

New Jersey	No	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	⁴
New Mexico	Yes	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	²
New York	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	⁴
North Carolina	No	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	³
North Dakota	†	†		†		†

Ohio	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	⁷
Oklahoma	Yes	Yes		No		Yes	²
Oregon	No	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	²
Pennsylvania	No	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	⁷
Rhode Island	Yes	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	³

South Carolina	No	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	²
South Dakota	†	†		†		†
Tennessee	No	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	³
Texas	Yes	Yes	¹³	No		Yes	²
Utah	Yes	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	²

Vermont	†	†		†		†
Virginia	No	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	³
Washington	Yes	Yes		Yes	⁶	Yes	⁴
West Virginia	†	†		†		†
Wisconsin	Yes	Yes	¹¹	Yes	⁵	Yes	³
Wyoming	No	No	⁵	Yes		Yes	³

† Not applicable.
¹Total reflects the number of "Yes" responses in the column.
²State law includes some of the model law’s requirements for special education responsibilities.
³State law includes a small number of the model law’s requirements for special education responsibilities.
⁴State law includes many of the model law's requirements for special education responsibilities.
⁵State law allows schools to apply for exemptions from this requirement.
⁶State law requires that some of a school's teachers be certified.
⁷State law includes all of the model law's requirements for special education responsibilities.
⁸ In Colorado, certification is required unless a waiver is granted in the charter contract.
⁹ Idaho requires a school’s teachers to be certified, although teachers may apply for a waiver or any of the limited alternative certification options provided by the state board of education.
¹⁰Illinois state law requires all of a school’s teachers to be certified for some charter schools, and requires some of a school’s teachers to be certified for other charter schools.
¹¹ State law provides automatic exemptions from many state and district laws and regulations for some schools, but not others.
¹²Nevada state law allows a charter school to submit a written request to the state superintendent of public instruction for a waiver from providing the days of instruction required by state law.
¹³ For state-authorized charter schools, Texas state law provides automatic exemptions from many state and district laws and regulations. For district-authorized charter schools, the state law provides automatic exemptions from many state laws and regulations, but it does not provide automatic exemptions from many district laws and regulations.
SOURCE: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Measuring up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws (2018), retrieved March 12, 2018 from https://www.publiccharters.org/sites/default/files/documents/2018-01/2018%20MEASURING%20UP%20TO%20THE%20MODEL%20Final_0.pdf. Data Source.

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