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Table 3.4. State certification and standards for administrator licensure, by state: 2006
 
State State certifies administrators State has adopted certification standards Year administrator standards most recently updated
United States 49 48
 
Alabama Yes Yes 2004
Alaska Yes Yes 2005
Arizona Yes Yes 1998
Arkansas Yes Yes 2003
California Yes Yes 2003
 
Colorado Yes Yes 2003
Connecticut Yes Yes
District of Columbia1
Delaware Yes Yes 2002
Florida Yes Yes 2005
 
Georgia Yes Yes 2006
Hawaii No Yes 2004
Idaho Yes Yes 2001
Illinois Yes Yes 2004
Indiana Yes Yes 1998
 
Iowa Yes No
Kansas Yes Yes 2003
Kentucky Yes Yes 1998
Louisiana Yes Yes 2006
Maine Yes Yes 2004
 
Maryland Yes Yes 2005
Massachusetts Yes Yes 2003
Michigan No Yes 2004
Minnesota Yes Yes 1997
Mississippi Yes Yes
 
Missouri Yes Yes 2005
Montana Yes Yes 2002
Nebraska Yes Yes 2004
Nevada Yes Yes 2002
New Hampshire Yes Yes 2004
 
New Jersey Yes Yes 2004
New Mexico Yes Yes 2003
New York Yes Yes 2006
North Carolina Yes Yes 2002
North Dakota Yes Yes 2002
 
Ohio Yes Yes 2005
Oklahoma Yes Yes 1997
Oregon Yes Yes 2005
Pennsylvania Yes Yes 2004
Rhode Island Yes
 
South Carolina Yes Yes 2003
South Dakota Yes Yes
Tennessee Yes Yes 2006
Texas Yes Yes 1999
Utah Yes Yes
 
Vermont Yes Yes 2003
Virginia Yes Yes 2005
Washington Yes Yes 2004
West Virginia Yes Yes 2000
Wisconsin Yes Yes 2004
Wyoming Yes Yes 2001
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
1 District of Columbia did not participate in the 2006 online survey.
SOURCE: Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education: 2006, Council of Chief State School Officers, 2007. Data Source