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Table 6. Average number of public school teachers who were newly hired for grades K–12 and comparable ungraded levels, percentage of districts that offered free training for teachers in fields with current or anticipated shortages, and percentage of districts that used various methods for recruiting new teachers, by state: 2007–08

	Average number of teachers who were newly hired for grades K–12 and comparable ungraded levels	Percent of districts that offered free training for teachers in fields with current or anticipated shortages		Percent of districts that used various methods for recruiting new teachers
State				Signing bonuses		Forgiveness of student loan(s) funded by the district		Relocation assistance		Finder's fee to existing staff for new teacher referrals
United States	22.4	30.7		6.8		2.2		3.6		1.5

Alabama	44.4	27.3		19.3		3.7		2.8	!	#
Alaska	18.8	39.6		6.4		7.2	!	36.0		#
Arizona	15.7	53.2		9.9		1.9		5.0	!	15.7
Arkansas	13.6	32.6		3.3	!	1.6	!	0.4	!	#
California	24.5	18.4		5.0		1.7	!	3.0		0.7	!

Colorado	32.5	35.9		15.9	!	1.2		11.9	!	0.8	!
Connecticut	20.3	13.9	!	1.0		#		1.7		0.7	!
Delaware	21.8	47.7		3.6		#		10.4		#
District of Columbia	19.6	87.1		43.0	!	#		6.2	!	17.3	!
Florida	219.8	66.2		12.3		6.1		13.5		2.5

Georgia	83.7	57.0		16.9		4.6	!	1.6		2.1
Hawaii	1,136.0	100.0		#		#		100.0		#
Idaho	14.6	24.7		5.2	!	1.4	!	4.9	!	#
Illinois	19.3	13.2	!	0.5	!	#		0.7	!	0.2	!
Indiana	16.4	16.6		5.5	!	0.3		1.9	!	#

Iowa	9.2	39.9		37.4		2.8		12.2		0.9	!
Kansas	16.3	29.1		17.0		1.2		7.5		0.6	!
Kentucky	19.0	23.7		0.5	!	0.4		2.0	!	#
Louisiana	67.7	66.4		19.5		9.7		5.5		#
Maine	7.7	44.3		4.0		2.7		1.3	!	#

Maryland	326.6	57.0		57.4		#		47.0		16.8
Massachusetts	26.4	26.6		0.9	!	1.7	!	2.8	!	2.0	!
Michigan	5.7	16.8		#		#		#		#
Minnesota	11.0	17.6		1.0	!	3.2	!	2.0		#
Mississippi	31.5	35.3		5.9		4.9		21.9		0.8	!

Missouri	15.4	28.4		#		6.5	!	#		0.2
Montana	4.6	25.5		11.9		3.5	!	5.8		0.9	!
Nebraska	9.5	20.6		2.5	!	4.5	!	1.8	!	#
Nevada	154.0	43.4		100.0		6.3	!	#		#
New Hampshire	14.1	28.2		4.0		3.7		#		#

New Jersey	14.4	25.6		#		0.3		#		#
New Mexico	20.4	42.6		3.9		5.3		1.2		#
New York	25.2	19.2		0.5	!	2.4	!	2.5	!	2.2	!
North Carolina	66.3	30.8		44.3		7.0	!	27.0		7.5	!
North Dakota	3.7	54.0		14.8		0.6		6.1		#

Ohio	8.9	23.1		1.7	!	6.4	!	1.3	!	#
Oklahoma	8.3	31.8		0.7	!	1.4	!	#		#
Oregon	19.2	46.9		3.7		3.6		1.5		#
Pennsylvania	15.2	32.1		#		#		#		#
Rhode Island	9.4	1.8		#		9.4	!	#		#

South Carolina	64.1	47.7		39.5		17.7		19.3		4.6
South Dakota	6.6	26.5		21.8		2.7	!	3.3	!	#
Tennessee	56.2	38.3		4.2	!	5.7	!	#		#
Texas	36.9	51.5		13.8		0.7	!	5.5	!	2.2	!
Utah	38.2	64.0		25.8		#		2.9	!	28.4	!

Vermont	12.1	23.0		#		#		#		#
Virginia	61.6	65.4		10.8		1.5	!	6.8		5.1	!
Washington	20.6	46.4		0.3		1.1	!	0.4	!	#
West Virginia	22.5	37.3		#		4.9		11.3		#
Wisconsin	11.9	19.4		3.5		0.2		0.7	!	#
Wyoming	12.9	35.7		32.1		#		27.8		#
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
NOTE: The 2007–08 SASS sampled all districts in Florida, Hawaii, and Maryland. As a result of sampling, variance estimates for these states are always equal to zero and noted with a dagger (†).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08.

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