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Table 2: Authority of Public Schools to Contract for Instruction | |||||
State | School boards have broad powers | School boards have enumerated powers | Specific Statutory Authority | Unclear | |
Permits Contracts for instruction generally | Permits Contracts for instruction in certain circumstances | ||||
Alaska | |||||
Arizona* | |||||
Arkansas | |||||
California* | |||||
Colorado | |||||
Connecticut | |||||
Delaware | |||||
Georgia | |||||
Idaho | |||||
Illinois | |||||
Indiana | |||||
Iowa | |||||
Kansas | |||||
Kentucky | |||||
Louisiana | |||||
Maine | |||||
Maryland | |||||
Michigan | |||||
Minnesota* | |||||
Mississippi | |||||
Missouri | |||||
Montana | |||||
Nebraska | |||||
Nevada | |||||
New Hampshire | |||||
New Jersey | |||||
New Mexico | |||||
New York | |||||
North Carolina | |||||
North Dakota | |||||
Ohio | |||||
Oklahoma | |||||
Oregon | |||||
Pennsylvania | |||||
Rhode Island | |||||
South Carolina | |||||
South Dakota | |||||
Tennessee | |||||
Utah | |||||
Vermont | |||||
Washington | |||||
Virginia | |||||
West Virginia | |||||
Wisconsin |
* States with charter-schoool legislation implicitly enabling charter schools to contract for instruction
Source: American Association of Educators in Private Practice