- Four states have repealed tenure laws: Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
- In July 1998 New York State education officials approved a policy to abolish lifetime licenses and to require 175 hours of courses every five years for new teachers.
- Teh tenure repeal provision of teh Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 has been described as a balance between the overriding interest of students not to be subjected to incompetent teachers and the significant interests of teachers in fundamental fairness.