Character Education Legislation
Character Education: What States Are Doing provides up-to-date information for those interested in finding out what lawmakers are doing to encourage character education at the state level. Thirty-six states have laws that specifially mandate or encourage character education. Download the file for state-by-state details.
| States which MANDATE character education (18) | States which ENCOURAGE character education (18) | States which SUPPORT character education, but without legislation (7) | Does not have legislation specifically addressing character education (8) |
| Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Nebraska New York North Carolina South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Utah Virginia West Virginia |
Arizona Colorado Delaware Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Washington |
Connecticut Hawaii Missouri Montana New Jersey North Dakota Vermont |
District of Columbia Idaho Massachusetts Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico Wisconsin Wyoming |
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