IDEA Data

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 2005

State	Total employedª	Fully certified	Not fully certified
Alabama	686	652	35
Alaska	83	82	1
Arizona	1,820	1,505	315
Arkansas	631	531	100
California	2,142	1,908	234
Colorado	286	215	71
Connecticut	24	24	0
Delaware	100	98	2
District of Columbia	5	5	0
Florida	1,996	1,945	52
Georgia	714	605	109
Hawaii	253	238	15
Idaho	174	139	35
Illinois	1,276	1,249	27
Indiana	1,207	1,176	31
Iowa	435	435	0
Kansas	456	437	19
Kentucky	326	299	27
Louisiana	945	776	169
Maine	272	272	0
Maryland	486	444	42
Massachusetts	11,317	10,351	965
Michigan	813	693	120
Minnesota	291	279	12
Mississippi	633	595	38
Missouri	827	814	13
Montana	93	90	3
Nebraska	267	262	5
Nevada	348	222	126
New Hampshire	146	114	32
New Jersey	1,090	1,071	19
New Mexico	326	307	19
New York	5,342	3,564	1,778
North Carolina	1,122	947	174
North Dakota	84	74	10
Ohio	1,323	1,294	29
Oklahoma	427	419	9
Oregon	170	160	10
Pennsylvania	1,535	1,503	32
Rhode Island	99	99	0
South Carolina	724	705	19
South Dakota	110	104	6
Tennessee	894	875	19
Texas	1,035	816	219
Utah	186	161	26
Vermont	111	102	9
Virginia	1,382	1,329	53
Washington	561	548	12
West Virginia	244	212	32
Wisconsin	699	694	5
Wyoming	72	51	21
BIE schools	23	23	0
50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools)^b	46,610	41,513	5,097
American Samoa	5	0	5
Guam	16	16	0
Northern Marianas	4	4	0
Puerto Rico	98	98	0
Virgin Islands	152	80	72
U.S. and outlying areas^b	46,885	41,711	5,174
------------------- 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," 2005. Data updated as of July 15, 2007. 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 only the rounded values, the Total employed column may not equal the sum of the Fully certified 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.