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== Charter schools by State ==
* As of 2010, charter schools are legal in 40 states plus [[D.C.]], only the following states did not allow any charter schools:  Alabama, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.

* [[Minnesota]] enacted the first charter-school legislation, in 1991.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Charter_schools_in_Illinois</ref>

*[[California]] has more charter schools than any other state.

*[[Illinois]] has 52 charter schools (as of 2011–2012), mostly in [[Chicago]].<ref>http://www.isbe.state.il.us/charter/pdf/schools_count.pdf  Illinois law caps the number of its charter schools at 75 in Chicago and 45 outside of Chicago (currently there are 38 in Chicago and only 14 outside of Chicago).</ref>  The requirements for establishing a charter school in Illinois are as follows:<ref>http://incschools.org/start_a_charter/charter_school_law_and_requirements/</ref>

:*approval of the design plan by the local school board (or, if denied, approval by the State Board of Education on appeal)
:*teachers do not need to be certified (except in Chicago), but need to meet other qualifications such as a college degree
:*negotiated funding from school district of 75%-125% of its funding per capita.

*[[Missouri]] allows charter schools in St. Louis City (where there are about 20) and Kansas City areas only,<ref>http://www.mocharterschools.org/</ref> and elsewhere when certain limiting conditions are satisfied.  In 2012, Missouri recently passed SB 576 to expand charter schools while requiring greater transparency and accountability for them.  Missouri has not changed its charter school law since 2016.

*Although [[Texas]] has traditionally been friendly toward alternate education platforms, it has maintained a fairly hard cap on the number of schools permitted, and the cap is a statewide cap as opposed to a cap in a specific area (e.g. Houston or Dallas, which have large, ineffective public school districts).  In addition, in the large cities, attempts have been made to stop charter schools from opening (by denying building permits, zoning changes, and similar tactics).