Civic Report
No. 32 December 2002

Table 1: State Special Education Funding Systems High-Stakes   State System Year of Change Testing Alabama Lump-sum 1995 Yes Alaska Lump-sum 1998 Yes Arizona Bounty None since 1991 Yes Arkansas Lump-sum 1996 No California Lump-sum 1998 Yes Colorado Bounty None since 1991 Yes Connecticut Lump-sum 1995 No Delaware Bounty None since 1991 Yes District of Columbia Bounty None since 1991 Yes Florida Bounty None since 1991 Yes Georgia Bounty None since 1991 Yes Hawaii Bounty None since 1991 No Idaho Lump-sum None since 1991 No Illinois Bounty None since 1991 No Indiana Bounty None since 1991 Yes Iowa Bounty None since 1991 No Kansas Bounty None since 1991 No Kentucky Bounty None since 1991 No Louisiana Bounty None since 1991 Yes Maine Bounty None since 1991 No Maryland Lump-sum None since 1991 Yes Massachusetts Lump-sum 1993 Yes Michigan Bounty None since 1991 Yes Minnesota Bounty None since 1991 Yes Mississippi Bounty None since 1991 Yes Missouri Lump-sum 1998 Yes Montana Lump-sum 1994 No Nebraska Bounty None since 1991 No Nevada Bounty None since 1991 Yes New Hampshire Bounty 1999* No New Jersey Bounty None since 1991 Yes New Mexico Bounty None since 1991 Yes New York Bounty None since 1991 Yes North Carolina Bounty None since 1991 Yes North Dakota Lump-sum 1995 No Ohio Bounty None since 1991 Yes Oklahoma Bounty None since 1991 No Oregon Bounty None since 1991 Yes Pennsylvania Lump-sum 1992 No Rhode Island Lump-sum 1995 No South Carolina Bounty None since 1991 Yes South Dakota Lump-sum 1998 No Tennessee Bounty None since 1991 Yes Texas Bounty None since 1991 Yes Utah Lump-sum None since 1991 No Vermont Bounty None since 1991 Yes Virginia Lump-sum None since 1991 Yes Washington Bounty None since 1991 No West Virginia Bounty None since 1991 Yes Wisconsin Bounty None since 1991 No Wyoming Bounty None since 1991 No *Change from no state funding to bounty system

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