Table 3-2. Teachers employed (FTE) to provide special education and related services to students
ages 6 through 21 under IDEA, Part B, by certification status and state: Fall 2004
State Total
employedª
Fully
certified
Not fully
certified
Alabama 5,439 5,214 225
Alaska 918 910 8
Arizona 6,238 5,409 829
Arkansas 4,022 3,697 325
California 31,485 26,314 5,171
Colorado 4,499 3,599 900
Connecticut 4,874 4,874 0
Delaware 1,506 1,356 150
District of Columbia 695 602 93
Florida 21,756 20,582 1,174
Georgia 13,404 10,372 3,032
Hawaii 2,125 1,672 454
Idaho 1,218 1,121 97
Illinois 23,105 22,203 902
Indiana 6,866 5,844 1,022
Iowa 5,558 4,957 601
Kansas 3,722 3,529 192
Kentucky 6,300 5,583 717
Louisiana 6,813 5,363 1,451
Maine 2,272 2,030 243
Maryland 6,672 5,578 1,094
Massachusetts 10,490 9,328 1,162
Michigan 13,962 12,121 1,841
Minnesota 8,297 7,921 376
Mississippi 3,715 3,675 40
Missouri 9,385 9,174 211
Montana 816 788 28
Nebraska 2,273 2,230 43
Nevada 2,303 1,927 377
New Hampshire 2,063 1,665 398
New Jersey 20,464 19,097 1,367
New Mexico 4,326 4,063 263
New York 43,837 37,650 6,187
North Carolina 10,590 9,186 1,404
North Dakota 811 781 30
Ohio 14,336 14,043 293
Oklahoma 4,326 4,260 67
Oregon 3,314 3,120 194
Pennsylvania 20,178 19,918 261
Rhode Island 2,372 2,317 55
South Carolina 4,323 4,018 306
South Dakota 911 853 58
Tennessee 5,915 5,625 290
Texas 29,558 24,334 5,224
Utah 2,545 2,357 188
Vermont 1,044 965 78
Virginia 13,880 13,229 651
Washington 5,440 5,289 151
West Virginia 2,857 2,257 599
Wisconsin 7,775 7,681 94
Wyoming 804 776 28
BIA schools 578 524 54
50 states and D.C. (including BIA schools)b 412,977 371,978 41,000
American Samoa 150 29 121
Guam 189 189 0
Northern Marianas 49 49 0
Puerto Rico 4,383 4,182 201
Virgin Islands 143 51 92
U.S. and outlying areasb 417,891 376,478 41,414
 
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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.