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State	Identification grade	Programming	Gifted IEPs	Levels of Gifted	Twice Exceptional	Part Time Home School	Acceleration	Early College / Dual Enrollment / PSEO / grade	More Information Contact
AK	Yes K	Yes							Special Education
AL	YesSE 2	Yes	Yes					Yes 10-12	Special Education
AR	Yes 3	Yes
AZ	Yes	Yes	No, ISP or ILP				Yes	Yes high school	Exceptional Student Services Gifted Education
CA	No	No		Yes				Yes any grade with IQ >150
CO	No	No						Yes 10-12	CDE Gifted and Talented Office
CT	Yes K	No						Yes
DE	No	No					Yes Early entrance to K
FL	YesSE K	Yes	Yes, EP		Yes				Gifted Student Education
GA	Yes 2	Yes	No					Yes high school with SAT >970
HI	Yes K	Yes		Yes	Yes			Yes high school
IA	Yes K	Yes		Yes	Yes			Yes 11-12 gifted 9-10
ID	Yes 5	Yes				Yes		No	Gifted & Talented
IL	Yes	Not any more
IN	No	No						Yes	Resource Guide for Parents & Educators
KS	YesSE K	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes on IEP, paid by family
KY	Yes K	Yes	GSSPs					Yes after HS courses, beginning in middle school
LA	YesSE	Yes	Yes		Yes				Gifted and Talented
ME	Yes	No						Yes	Note: Although Maine has a good GT mandate, districts are able to get continuous waivers since the mid 1980's
MD	Yes	No			Varies, MCPS		Yes	Yes
MA	No	No	No					eliminated	Susan Wheltle,  DOE
MI	No	No		Yes		Yes		Yes 11-12
MN	No	No	No					Yes 11-12
MS	Yes 2	Yes
MO	No	No				Yes			Gifted Education
State	Identification grade	Programming	Gifted IEP's	Levels of Gifted	Twice Exceptional	Part Time Home School	Acceleration	Early College / Dual Enrollment grade	More Information Contact
MT	Yes K	Yes	No					Yes
NE	Yes	No	No					No	Mary Duffy, State Director of High-Ability Learner Education
NV	Yes	Yes						No
NH	No	No
NJ	Yes K	Yes	No					No	Standards and Assessment for Student Achievement GT Requirements
NM	YesSE	Yes	Yes					No
NY	Yes K	No	No					NoAll
NC	Yes K	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes 11-12
ND	No	No						No
OH	Yes	No			Yes		Yes	Yes 9-12	Academic Acceleration for Advanced Learners
OK	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes	Gifted & Talented
OR	Yes	Yes	No					No
PA	Yes K	Yes	Yes GIEP				Yes	Yes (no $&)	(717) 783-6906 Chapter 16 and Special Education for Gifted Students, Gifted Guidelines and Parent's Guide Read AppliedGiftedEd for many answers...
RI	No	No
SC	Yes 2	Yes						No
SD	No	No
TN	YesSE 6	Yes						Yes 9-12	Tennessee Support & Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP) 1-800-280-STEP Guide for Perplexed Parent in Tennessee
TX	Yes 3	Yes	No		Yes		YesTst	Yes 9-12	Texas State Plan for G/T (in English or Spanish), TEA Advanced Academics TEA Advanced Academic Services, 701 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701, (512) 463-9455
UT	Yes K	Yes	No					No
VT	No	No	No			Yes		No	VCGE and Act 117 Flexible Pathways
VA	Yes K	Yes	Yes					No, but... Accreditation, other standards and evaluation	Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students
D.C.	No	Yes	Yes					Yes
WA	No	No (it's a funded un-mandate)	Yes					Yes UW EEP	Gayle Pauley, administrator of highly capable programs
WI	Yes	Yes	No					Yes 9-12	Statute for Gifted Education
WV	YesSE K	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
WY	No	No
DoD	Yes	Yes	in development...						DoDEA Gifted Education

^SE Mandated as an extension of Special Education under IDEA
^Tst Acceleration by passing state specified test only
^& Pennsylvania public schools do not pay student expenses for dual enrollment, however the high school may not claim the student for full time attendance if the student spends part of his/her time at college