Table 3.10. State requires parental notification of out-of-field teachers or has a ban or cap on the number of out-of-field teachers, by state: 2007-08

State	State requires parental notification of out-of-field teachers	State has a ban or cap on the number of out-of-field teachers
Table 3.10. State requires parental notification of out-of-field teachers or has a ban or cap on the number of out-of-field teachers, by state: 2007-08

United States ¹	5	4

Alabama	No	No
Alaska	No	No
Arizona	No	No
Arkansas	Yes	No
California	No	No

Colorado	No	No
Connecticut	No	No
Delaware	No	No
District of Columbia	No	No
Florida	Yes	Yes

Georgia	Yes	No
Hawaii	Yes	No
Idaho	No	No
Illinois	No	No
Indiana	No	No

Iowa	No	No
Kansas	No	No
Kentucky	No	Yes
Louisiana	No	No
Maine	No	No

Maryland	No	No
Massachusetts	No	No
Michigan	No	No
Minnesota	No	No
Mississippi	No	No

Missouri	No	No
Montana	No	No
Nebraska	No	Yes
Nevada	No	No
New Hampshire	No	No

New Jersey	No	No
New Mexico	Yes	No
New York	No	No
North Carolina	No	No
North Dakota	No	No

Ohio	No	No
Oklahoma	No	No
Oregon	No	No
Pennsylvania	No	No
Rhode Island	No	No

South Carolina	No	Yes
South Dakota	No	No
Tennessee	No	No
Texas	No	No
Utah	No	No

Vermont	No	No
Virginia	No	No
Washington	No	No
West Virginia	No	No
Wisconsin	No	No
Wyoming	No	No

¹ National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for each column. SOURCE: Quality Counts 2008: Tapping into Teaching, Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, Education Week, 2008. Data Source