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Table 3-1. Teachers employed (FTE) to provide special education and related services to children
ages 3 through 5 under IDEA, Part B, by qualification status and state: Fall 2006

State
Total
employedª
Highly
Qualified
Not Highly
Qualified
Alabama 289 265 24
Alaska 80 78 2
Arizona 654 525 129
Arkansas 554 431 123
California 2,022 1,831 192
Colorado 283 235 48
Connecticut 31 31 0
Delaware 115 113 2
District of Columbia 768 565 203
Florida 1,392 9 1,383
Georgia 734 572 162
Hawaii 411 338 73
Idaho 141 117 24
Illinois 1,384 1,382 2
Indiana 605 605 0
Iowa 478 478 0
Kansas 451 396 56
Kentucky 399 390 9
Louisiana 661 532 129
Maine 319 319 0
Maryland 607 523 84
Massachusetts 1,220 1,163 58
Michigan 954 935 19
Minnesota 383 371 12
Mississippi 0 0 0
Missouri 822 798 23
Montana 95 93 2
Nebraska 219 193 26
Nevada 376 262 114
New Hampshire 21 21 0
New Jersey 1,555 1,523 32
New Mexico 183 168 15
New York 4,371 3,927 444
North Carolina 872 830 42
North Dakota 84 74 10
Ohio 1,580 1,580 0
Oklahoma 0 0 0
Oregon 170 161 9
Pennsylvania 1,488 1,424 64
Rhode Island 115 94 21
South Carolina 550 521 29
South Dakota 108 102 6
Tennessee 709 397 312
Texas 3,163 3,089 74
Utah 210 186 25
Vermont 118 112 6
Virginia 739 734 5
Washington 557 541 16
West Virginia 273 223 50
Wisconsin 704 687 18
Wyoming 127 73 54
 
BIE schools 38 33 5
 
50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools)b 34,179 30,045 4,134
 
American Samoa 14 2 12
Guam 7 7 0
Northern Marianas 4 2 2
Puerto Rico 116 113 3
Virgin Islands 7 2 5
 
U.S. and outlying areasb 34,327 30,171 4,156
 
 
Source:  U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), OMB #1820-0518:  "Personnel
(in Full-Time Equivalency of Assignment) Employed To Provide Special Education and Related Services for
Children with Disabilities," 2006.  Data updated as of July 15, 2008.
 
Note:  Please see Part B Personnel Data Notes in appendix B for information the state submitted to clarify its data submission.
 
ªBecause the personnel data are collected using full-time equivalency (FTE) fractions, and this table shows only the
rounded values, the Total employed column may not equal the sum of the highly qualified and not highly qualified columns.
 
bThe total FTE for the U.S. and outlying areas and the 50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools) may not
equal the sum of the individual states and outlying areas because of rounding.