State Regulation and Assistance Programs

State Regulation of Private Schools

The Department of Education website also contains a listing of each of the states and whether or not they provide services, such as textbooks, transportation, auxiliary services to students attending private and religious schools. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/RegPrivSchl/chart3.html

This site links you to a list of all state education departments where you may obtain useful information about state qualifications for teachers, principals, etc. http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Government_Agencies/United_States/

This site indicates those states that have a state constitution that explicitly prohibits assistance to students in private and/or religious schools (Blaine Amendments). http://www.ed.gov/pubs/RegPrivSchl/