State legislatures have become increasingly willing to experiment with school choice. Since 1985, more than half the states have passed school choice laws. This article reports on a survey conducted in the summer of 1991 and updated in the fall of that year that focuses on state choice statutes. Six categories of school choice laws are discussed: (1) interdistrict transfer laws; (2) intradistrict transfer laws; (3) postsecondary enrollment option laws; (4) residential and special high schools for academically talented students; (5) educational clinics for high school dropouts; and (6) laws allowing private schools or special contractors to provide education to general school populations. A sidebar lists the states with programs in each category. Restrictions contained in the language of the laws reflect the pressures that legislatures are under when considering any school choice legislation: fiscal constraints; the desires of educational constituencies; and existing laws and court decisions that are the product of a national commitment to racially integrated schools. However, the school choice movement has been aided by the fact that state governments now pay a large share of the cost of public education, with many states providing for state aid to follow the student from the sending district to the receiving district. A second development that has aided the school choice movement is a growing consensus among state lawmakers that school choice can be an effective strategy for improving schools. (11 references) (MLF)