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Below are percentages of newly hired teachers unlicensed in their main assignment fields. New hires include those who changed jobs. New entrants are new hires, did not teach the prior year and tend to be newly licensed.
	All New Hires	New Entrants Only
Alabama	7%	5%
Alaska	5	4
Arizona	4	4
Arkansas	9	19
California	8	12
Colorado	3	2
Connecticut	4	0*
Delaware	12	—
District of Columbia	17	—
Florida	13	16
Georgia	4	3
Hawaii	23	23
Idaho	5	4
Illinois	7	6
Indiana	2	1
Iowa	2	4
Kansas	3	1
Kentucky	7	3
Louisiana	23	31
Maine	4	0 *
Maryland	13	26
Massachusetts	12	15
Michigan	3	0 *
Minnesota	5	8
Mississippi	4	5
Missouri	5	1 *
Montana	3	0 *
Nebraska	4	0 * t
Nevada	5	4 t
New Hampshire	17	21 t
New Jersey	2	3 * t
New Mexico	8	5
New York	13	23
North Carolina	8	9
North Dakota	2	0 *
Ohio	2	3 *
Oklahoma	1	1*
Oregon	7	3
Pennsylvania	0	0 * t
Rhode Island	3	—
South Carolina	13	11
South Dakota	4	1
Tennessee	1	0 *
Texas	13	20
Utah	7	12
Vermont	0	— *
Virginia	12	13
Washington	2	2 *
West Virginia	2	— *
Wisconsin	1	0 *
Wyoming	1	76
* 2 percent or less. t Interpret with caution due to small sample size.SOURCE: National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future. Tabulations of 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey.

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