| The SAS System |
| Table 3-4. Paraprofessionals employed (FTE) to provide special education and related services to children | |||
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| ages 6 through 21 under IDEA, Part B, by qualification status and state: Fall 2006 | |||
State |
Total employedª |
Qualified |
Not Qualified |
| Alabama | 4,380 | 3,782 | 598 |
| Alaska | - | - | - |
| Arizona | 7,680 | 5,801 | 1,879 |
| Arkansas | 2,324 | 1,857 | 467 |
| California | 43,730 | 34,623 | 9,107 |
| Colorado | 5,469 | 5,469 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 8,538 | 8,538 | 0 |
| Delaware | 1,003 | 450 | 553 |
| District of Columbia | - | - | - |
| Florida | 12,800 | 5,623 | 7,177 |
| Georgia | 11,626 | 11,626 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 1,799 | 1,640 | 159 |
| Idaho | 2,261 | 2,261 | 0 |
| Illinois | 31,296 | 31,296 | 0 |
| Indiana | 8,181 | 8,181 | 0 |
| Iowa | 5,251 | 5,251 | 0 |
| Kansas | 9,588 | 9,588 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 5,008 | 4,764 | 244 |
| Louisiana | 5,669 | 5,293 | 376 |
| Maine | 3,861 | 3,808 | 53 |
| Maryland | 7,185 | 5,962 | 1,224 |
| Massachusetts | 12,671 | 1,850 | 10,821 |
| Michigan | 8,992 | 8,669 | 323 |
| Minnesota | 9,994 | 9,994 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 1,670 | 1,670 | 0 |
| Missouri | 7,604 | 7,604 | 0 |
| Montana | 1,064 | 1,064 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 3,174 | 3,174 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1,796 | 540 | 1,257 |
| New Hampshire | 5,484 | 5,484 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 1,644 | 1,476 | 168 |
| New Mexico | 2,908 | 2,786 | 122 |
| New York | 30,422 | 27,401 | 3,021 |
| North Carolina | 7,404 | 7,227 | 177 |
| North Dakota | 1,407 | 1,307 | 101 |
| Ohio | 1,586 | 1,586 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 2,751 | 2,403 | 349 |
| Oregon | 5,668 | 5,668 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 16,069 | 13,312 | 2,757 |
| Rhode Island | - | - | - |
| South Carolina | 4,213 | 4,057 | 156 |
| South Dakota | 1,495 | 1,495 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 5,760 | 5,591 | 169 |
| Texas | 12,427 | 12,168 | 258 |
| Utah | 3,283 | 37 | 3,246 |
| Vermont | 3,104 | 2,999 | 105 |
| Virginia | 11,808 | 11,808 | 0 |
| Washington | 5,967 | 5,967 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 1,513 | 1,447 | 66 |
| Wisconsin | 5,684 | 5,627 | 57 |
| Wyoming | 1,049 | 674 | 375 |
| BIE schools | 625 | 589 | 36 |
| 50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools)b | 356,883 | 311,483 | 45,400 |
| American Samoa | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| Guam | 284 | 0 | 284 |
| Northern Marianas | 105 | 105 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 2,986 | 2,986 | 0 |
| Virgin Islands | 128 | 62 | 66 |
| U.S. and outlying areasb | 360,399 | 314,639 | 45,760 |
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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 to the sum of the qualified and not 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. - Data not available. |
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