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Table 4.1. Kindergarten requirements, by state: 2006
State	Kindergarten program required1	Full-day kindergarten required	Half-day kindergarten required
United States2	44	11	20
Alabama	Yes	Yes	No
Alaska	No	No	No
Arizona	Yes	No	Yes
Arkansas	Yes	Yes	No
California	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Colorado	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Connecticut	Yes	No	Yes
Delaware	Yes	No	Yes
District of Columbia	—	—	—
Florida	Yes	Yes	No
Georgia	Yes	Yes	No
Hawaii	Yes	Yes	No
Idaho	No	No	No
Illinois	Yes	No	Yes
Indiana	Yes	No	Yes
Iowa	Yes	No	Yes
Kansas	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Kentucky	Yes	No	Yes
Louisiana	Yes	Yes	No
Maine	Yes	No	Yes
Maryland	Yes	No	Yes
Massachusetts	Yes	No	Yes
Michigan	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Minnesota	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Mississippi	Yes	Yes	No
Missouri	Yes	No	Yes
Montana	Yes	No	Yes
Nebraska	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Nevada	Yes	No	Yes
New Hampshire	No	No	No
New Jersey5	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
New Mexico	Yes	No	Yes
New York	No	No	No
North Carolina	Yes	Yes	No
North Dakota	No	No	No
Ohio	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Oklahoma	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Oregon	Yes	No	Yes
Pennsylvania	No	No	No
Rhode Island	Yes	No	Yes
South Carolina	Yes	Yes	No
South Dakota	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Tennessee	Yes	Yes	No
Texas	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Utah	Yes	No	Yes
Vermont	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Virginia	Yes	Yes3	Yes3
Washington	Yes	No	Yes
West Virginia	Yes	Yes	No
Wisconsin	Yes	No	Yes
Wyoming	Yes	No	Yes
— Not available. 1 Indicates that districts are required to offer kindergarten. 2 National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for the column. 3 Indicates that either full-day or half-day is required. States were only counted in the total when the entire state was required to have only a full-day kindergarten program or only a half-day kindergarten program. 4 The District of Columbia did not participate in the 2006 online survey. 5 New Jersey data are for Abbott Districts only. Abbott Districts are school districts covered by a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that found the education provided to urban school children was inadequate and unconstitutional. There are 31 Abbott Districts in New Jersey. SOURCE: Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education: 2006, Council of Chief State School Officers, 2007. Data Source