Teacher influence over school policies: Percentage of public K–12 school teachers who reported that they have any influence over various policies at their school, by state: 2020–21

State	Setting performance standards for students at their school	Establishing curriculum	Determining the content of in-service professional development programs	Evaluating teachers	Hiring new full-time teachers	Setting discipline policy	Deciding how the school budget will be spent
United States	81.5	84.9	80.8	50.5	62.7	71.0	53.6

Alabama	80.4	76.1	80.9	47.8	46.3	65.5	85.2
Alaska	83.9	85.2	80.9	48.7	65.7	76.4	56.2
Arizona	81.6	84.7	77.1	51.8	70.4	70.2	48.5
Arkansas	87.4	86.2	81.3	50.0	55.5	66.9	43.5
California	86.4	89.5	83.0	49.5	60.7	76.4	69.2

Colorado	81.5	88.2	81.4	56.4	87.3	74.9	61.8
Connecticut	80.9	86.5	80.7	45.3	68.5	67.2	50.0
Delaware	72.1	78.2	75.0	50.5	63.6	63.6	50.4
District of Columbia	78.3	80.8	74.1	47.6	78.6	73.7	64.8
Florida	72.3	71.9	77.7	44.5	44.7	65.0	44.5

Georgia	77.3	77.4	80.4	45.4	52.2	71.8	54.1
Hawaii	86.7	92.6	83.5	53.1	46.2	71.6	67.9
Idaho	87.8	90.5	84.5	55.0	76.8	79.0	55.8
Illinois	88.4	93.8	88.5	58.7	70.4	78.5	61.5
Indiana	85.6	90.6	80.9	49.0	62.2	69.7	35.4

Iowa	87.4	90.8	81.4	48.3	74.9	70.8	42.5
Kansas	86.5	90.2	87.1	54.5	62.2	74.5	53.3
Kentucky	88.3	91.9	85.2	63.0	80.9	86.9	72.7
Louisiana	68.2	64.0	68.4	43.3	42.4	61.9	34.2
Maine	84.9	91.8	82.8	61.1	84.2	76.9	65.7

Maryland	73.8	67.5	81.2	46.3	48.5	60.9	58.8
Massachusetts	80.3	87.5	79.6	51.0	73.5	69.2	49.7
Michigan	84.0	86.6	78.0	44.2	69.1	75.0	49.0
Minnesota	87.7	92.9	87.1	68.5	79.7	78.4	57.7
Mississippi	74.1	74.9	78.3	48.6	46.6	56.2	46.4

Missouri	85.9	92.4	86.7	54.5	67.6	70.0	53.5
Montana	85.9	91.1	81.0	52.2	51.9	77.5	49.5
Nebraska	89.8	90.2	75.8	46.5	59.1	74.1	47.7
Nevada	82.0	82.6	76.1	46.7	65.3	70.2	64.0
New Hampshire	88.1	94.6	85.0	59.3	83.3	71.0	59.1

New Jersey	78.1	87.1	80.2	44.2	42.1	58.3	41.9
New Mexico	84.4	87.8	83.4	53.4	62.6	73.1	58.7
New York	83.8	90.7	83.7	53.4	70.5	68.4	49.6
North Carolina	80.5	77.7	84.4	68.2	73.6	78.0	67.3
North Dakota	91.9	94.8	79.7	59.0	70.9	77.1	52.7

Ohio	83.1	85.4	79.2	47.5	64.3	73.1	42.8
Oklahoma	82.8	93.1	80.7	42.7	46.6	61.5	33.8
Oregon	82.2	87.8	86.5	51.0	81.3	77.7	60.3
Pennsylvania	80.3	89.3	79.6	42.3	49.4	67.8	51.6
Rhode Island	75.6	80.6	78.6	41.1	65.8	68.1	48.2

South Carolina	83.5	85.1	81.0	64.5	63.8	71.9	52.3
South Dakota	88.4	90.6	75.8	50.5	65.3	70.3	46.4
Tennessee	76.1	73.1	76.2	45.5	53.9	71.5	57.7
Texas	76.5	80.5	75.5	50.1	61.7	68.2	50.1
Utah	85.2	84.0	85.5	53.0	71.2	80.0	65.2

Vermont	84.8	93.2	81.4	52.0	90.5	76.9	58.6
Virginia	74.0	78.7	80.7	47.0	56.4	69.1	46.6
Washington	81.5	84.6	80.9	45.2	76.0	76.6	55.1
West Virginia	85.5	87.1	86.6	59.6	89.0	80.9	71.7
Wisconsin	89.8	92.8	84.0	52.6	80.8	77.7	65.6
Wyoming	91.5	94.4	78.3	52.2	81.3	76.4	62.6

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Response options included “no influence,” “minor influence,” “moderate influence,” and “a great deal of influence.” Teachers who reported “minor influence,” “moderate influence,” or “a great deal of influence” were considered to have reported having “any influence.”

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2020–21.