Table 54. | State legislation on gifted and talented programs and number and percent of students receiving services in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1993-94 and 1995-96 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Discretionary| | || | |Discretionary | | | State- | state- | Gifted and | Gifted and || | State- | state- |Gifted and | Gifted and | mandated | supported | talented | talented || | mandated | supported | talented | talented State | gifted and | gifted and | students | students as || State | gifted and | gifted and | students | students as | talented | talented | receiving | a percent of || | talented | talented | receiving |a percent of | programs\1\ | programs\2\ | services | enrollment || | programs\1\ | programs\2\ | services | enrollment | 1995-96 | 1995-96 | 1993-94 | 1993-94 || | 1995-96 | 1995-96 | 1993-94 | 1993-94 ______________________|_____________|______________|______________|________________||________________|_____________|______________|___________|_____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 || 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ______________________|_____________|______________|______________|________________||________________|_____________|______________|___________|_____________ Alabama ..............| X | | 16,522 | 2.4 ||Montana ........| X | | --- | --- Alaska................| X | | 4,696 | 4.0 ||Nebraska .......| X | | 18,600 | 10.0 Arizona ..............| X | | 39,200 | --- ||Nevada .........| | X | 8,343 | 2.0 Arkansas .............| X | | 34,710 | 8.0 ||New Hampshire ..| | X | --- | --- California ...........| | X | 290,000 | 5.0 ||New Jersey .....| --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | || | | | | Colorado .............| | X | --- | --- ||New Mexico .....| X | | --- | --- Connecticut ..........| X | | 16,871 |\3\ 3.5 ||New York .......| X | | 135,000 | 6.0 Delaware .............| | X | --- | 5.0 ||North Carolina .| X | | 88,450 | 8.0 District of Columbia .| --- | --- | --- | 9.0 ||North Dakota ...| | X | 1,107 | 1.0 Florida ..............| X | | 74,572 | 3.5 ||Ohio ...........| X | | 244,670 | 13.0 | | | | || | | | | Georgia ..............| --- | --- | --- | 5.0 ||Oklahoma .......| X | | 61,082 | 10.0 Hawaii ...............| X | | 18,000 | 11.0 ||Oregon .........| X | | --- | 8.5 Idaho ................| X | | --- | 1.3 ||Pennsylvania ...| X | | 79,756 | 4.6 Illinois .............| X | |\4\ 166,234 | 5.0 ||Rhode Island ...| | X | --- | 3.5-5.0 Indiana...............| | X | 85,192 | 8.9 ||South Carolina .| X | | 52,000 | 10.0 | | | | || | | | | Iowa .................| X | | --- | 4.0 ||South Dakota ...| | X | 6,515 | 4.4 Kansas ...............| X | | --- | 3.1 ||Tennessee ......| X | | 18,626 | 2.0 Kentucky .............| X | | 52,600 | 5.0 ||Texas ..........| X | | 248,769 | 7.0 Louisiana ............| X | | 24,000 | 3.2 ||Utah ...........| X | | --- | --- Maine ................| X | | 10,100 | 5.0 ||Vermont ........| --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | || | | | | Maryland .............| | X | 90,222 | 12.0 ||Virginia .......| X | | 121,598 | 9.2 Massachusetts ........| | X | --- | --- ||Washington .....| | X | 38,781 | 1.5 Michigan .............| | X | 225,154 | 14.0 ||West Virginia...| X | | --- | 3.5 Minnesota ............| | X | 55,467 | 7.2 ||Wisconsin.......| X | | --- | 15.0 Mississippi ..........| X | | 21,678 | 4.3 ||Wyoming ........| | X | --- | 3.0 Missouri..............| | X | 24,877 | 5.0 ||Guam............| X | | --- | --- ______________________|_____________|______________|______________|________________||________________|_____________|______________|___________|_____________ |
---Not available. SOURCE: Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted, The 1994 and 1996 State of the States Gifted and Talented Education Reports. (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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