State-to-state teacher moves
Teacher license transfer routes
Choose where your license is from and where you want to teach. Each route separates what your current credential proves from what the new state still decides.
Common routes
40 reviewed routes
Every destination has a current official-source licensing guide, and every origin has a verified agency lookup or credential process.
01CA → TXCalifornia to Texas02NY → NJNew York to New Jersey03CA → NVCalifornia to Nevada04CA → AZCalifornia to Arizona05FL → GAFlorida to Georgia06FL → TXFlorida to Texas07TX → CATexas to California08CA → WACalifornia to Washington09NJ → PANew Jersey to Pennsylvania10NJ → NYNew Jersey to New York11FL → NCFlorida to North Carolina12NC → SCNorth Carolina to South Carolina
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13OR → WAOregon to Washington14CA → ORCalifornia to Oregon15CA → NYCalifornia to New York16SC → NCSouth Carolina to North Carolina17NY → PANew York to Pennsylvania18VA → NCVirginia to North Carolina19NY → TXNew York to Texas20AZ → CAArizona to California21FL → NYFlorida to New York22TX → OKTexas to Oklahoma23VA → MDVirginia to Maryland24TX → COTexas to Colorado25PA → NJPennsylvania to New Jersey26IL → INIllinois to Indiana27MD → VAMaryland to Virginia28NY → CTNew York to Connecticut29FL → PAFlorida to Pennsylvania30NY → CANew York to California31FL → VAFlorida to Virginia32LA → TXLouisiana to Texas33IL → WIIllinois to Wisconsin34IL → TXIllinois to Texas35MN → WIMinnesota to Wisconsin36PA → NYPennsylvania to New York37CO → TXColorado to Texas38NC → VANorth Carolina to Virginia39MO → KSMissouri to Kansas40TX → GATexas to Georgia
How we chose these routes We used the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 state-to-state migration estimates to decide what to publish first. The data covers all movers, not teachers, so it is a prioritization signal rather than a claim about teacher demand.
Route selection reviewed 2026-08-03. See the Census source.