"State approval" means that a government authority or agency has given consent or authorization for something to take place within a particular state.
Sentences with «state approval»
Thirty - one states either determine the evaluation instrument a district must use, require state approval for district evaluation instruments, or provide explicit guidance. (educationnext.org)
When he wanted state approval of an unqualified candidate for schools chief, she raised no peep. (nytimes.com)
That's the way a city works as they're an entity within a state so they can't just go it alone, they need state approval for most things. (nystateofpolitics.com)