Since the first charter school opened in Minnesota in 1992, the charter school movement has grown to more than 3,000 schools operating nationwide in 2004-2005, serving over 700,000 students. Excerpted from Center for Education Reform Which states have charter schools?
As of 2004, 40 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have passed charter school laws. The states are: Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Of these forty, 39 states currently have charter schools. There are no charter schools open yet in Tennessee.
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