




Competition from charter schools has been shown to increase composite test scores in traditional district schools.
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State Laws
Since 1991, 40 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have signed into law charter school legislation ( AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY). States in which a charter school law has not been passed include: AL, KY, ME, MT, ND, NE, SD, VT, WA, and WV.
The Education Commission of the States' also provides a database of State Policies for Charter Schools where users can create comparisons of specific types of state policies for charter schools across several states and view predetermined reports on state policies for charter schools.
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