Unlimited interdistrict choice is equivalent to statewide open enrollment. Intrasectional choice is limited to public schools. Intersectional choice includes both public and private schools. Controlled choice requires families to choose a school within a community, but choices can be restricted to ensure the racial, gender, and socioeconomic balance of each school. Often such plans comprise a strategy to comply with court-ordered desegregation.
Magnet schools are public schools which offer specialized programs.
They are generally designed and located so as to attract students to otherwise unpopular areas or schools, and are often created to promote racial balance. Post-secondary options enable high school students to enroll in college courses at government expense that may contribute to high school graduation requirements. Second-chance options are alternative programs for students who have difficulties in standard public school settings. Most often these students have either dropped out, are pregnant or parenting, have been assessed as chemically dependent, or have been expelled from their previous school. Charter schools are publicly-sponsored autonomous schools.