Table 3-1. Teachers employed (FTE) to provide special education and related services to children
ages 3 through 5 under IDEA, Part B, by certification status and state: Fall 2004
State Total
employedª
Fully
certified
Not fully
certified
Alabama 734 711 23
Alaska 61 60 1
Arizona 1,590 1,349 241
Arkansas 509 431 78
California 1,919 1,682 237
Colorado 271 192 79
Connecticut 27 27 0
Delaware 106 104 2
District of Columbia 0 0 0
Florida 2,092 2,024 68
Georgia 668 549 119
Hawaii 217 208 9
Idaho 160 131 29
Illinois 1,254 1,228 26
Indiana 1,047 1,010 37
Iowa 388 373 15
Kansas 451 426 25
Kentucky 285 265 20
Louisiana 905 719 186
Maine 303 303 0
Maryland 429 373 56
Massachusetts 0 0 0
Michigan 647 549 98
Minnesota 545 528 17
Mississippi 651 564 88
Missouri 715 671 44
Montana 87 84 3
Nebraska 256 254 2
Nevada 335 224 111
New Hampshire 135 104 31
New Jersey 1,056 1,027 29
New Mexico 345 320 24
New York 4,723 3,178 1,545
North Carolina 987 882 105
North Dakota 77 68 8
Ohio 1,342 1,340 2
Oklahoma 400 398 2
Oregon 181 166 15
Pennsylvania 1,320 1,291 28
Rhode Island 128 116 12
South Carolina 853 816 38
South Dakota 107 96 11
Tennessee 455 443 12
Texas 898 777 121
Utah 197 165 32
Vermont 103 96 7
Virginia 1,341 1,298 43
Washington 545 525 21
West Virginia 239 219 21
Wisconsin 700 689 11
Wyoming 62 48 14
BIA schools 18 17 1
50 states and D.C. (including BIA schools)b 32,866 29,121 3,745
American Samoa 6 0 6
Guam 11 11 0
Northern Marianas 11 3 8
Puerto Rico 104 104 0
Virgin Islands 143 51 92
U.S. and outlying areasb 33,141 29,290 3,851
 
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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," 2004.  Data updated as of July 17, 2006.
 
Note:  See Part B Personnel Data Notes in appendix B for an explanation of individual state differences.
 
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 Fully certified and
Not fully certified columns.
 
bThe total FTE for the U.S. and outlying areas and the 50 states and D.C. (including BIA schools)
may not equal the sum of the individual states and outlying areas because of rounding.