Here are the numbers of schools identified by each state, based on the most recent test scores available, that will have to offer public school choice this fall, under the less stringent 1994 ESEA:
Alabama, 57 | Louisiana, 24 | Oklahoma, 33 |
Alaska, 11 | Maine, 19 | Oregon, 9 |
Arizona, 344 | Maryland, 118 | Pennsylvania, 256 |
Arkansas, 0 | Massachusetts, 259 | Puerto Rico, 234 |
California, 1,009 | Michigan, 1,513 | Rhode Island, 34 |
Colorado, 154 | Minnesota, 79 | South Carolina, 31 |
Connecticut, 28 | Mississippi, 122 | South Dakota, 13 |
Delaware, 20 | Missouri, 63 | Tennessee, 132 |
District of Columbia, 12 | Montana, 68 | Texas, 121 |
Florida, 246 | Nebraska, 105 | Utah, 22 |
Georgia, 625 | Nevada, 19 | Vermont, 28 |
Hawaii, 85 | New Hampshire, 4 | Virginia, 35 |
Idaho, 88 | New Jersey, 274 | Washington, 60 |
Illinois, 435 | New Mexico, 63 | West Virginia, 13 |
Indiana, 97 | New York, 529 | Wisconsin, 113 |
Iowa, 26 | North Carolina, 17 | Wyoming, 0 |
Kansas, 118 | North Dakota, 20 | |
Kentucky, 107 | Ohio, 760 | Total: 8,652 |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education