[exceprt]To determine the regulatory burden that each state (and Washington, D.C.) places on private schools, we used The School Starter Checklist as a reference document and then classified regulations across eight areas. They were:Regulation, Accreditation, Approval, and LicensureNonprofit RequirementsSchool Day and YearCurriculumRecord KeepingTestingTeacher CertificationHealth and Safety Our classification system follows a stoplight pattern. “Green” regulations are reasonable and appropriate. “Yellow” regulations could be appropriate or problematic, depending on how the state enforces them. We do not and cannot have granular knowledge about how each state interprets every one of its regulations, but we also want to compare states to each...