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
50 reviewed routes
Every destination has a current official-source licensing guide, and every origin has a verified agency lookup or credential process.
CA → TX
California to Texas
See this routeNY → NJ
New York to New Jersey
See this routeCA → NV
California to Nevada
See this routeCA → AZ
California to Arizona
See this routeFL → GA
Florida to Georgia
See this routeFL → TX
Florida to Texas
See this routeNY → FL
New York to Florida
See this routeTX → CA
Texas to California
See this routeTX → FL
Texas to Florida
See this routeCA → WA
California to Washington
See this routeNJ → PA
New Jersey to Pennsylvania
See this routeCA → FL
California to Florida
See this routeNJ → NY
New Jersey to New York
See this routeGA → FL
Georgia to Florida
See this routeFL → NC
Florida to North Carolina
See this routePA → FL
Pennsylvania to Florida
See this routeNC → SC
North Carolina to South Carolina
See this routeOR → WA
Oregon to Washington
See this routeCA → OR
California to Oregon
See this routeCA → NY
California to New York
See this routeSC → NC
South Carolina to North Carolina
See this routeNY → PA
New York to Pennsylvania
See this routeVA → FL
Virginia to Florida
See this routeVA → NC
Virginia to North Carolina
See this routeNY → TX
New York to Texas
See this routeAZ → CA
Arizona to California
See this routeFL → NY
Florida to New York
See this routeTX → OK
Texas to Oklahoma
See this routeVA → MD
Virginia to Maryland
See this routeTX → CO
Texas to Colorado
See this routePA → NJ
Pennsylvania to New Jersey
See this routeNC → FL
North Carolina to Florida
See this routeIL → IN
Illinois to Indiana
See this routeMD → VA
Maryland to Virginia
See this routeNY → CT
New York to Connecticut
See this routeFL → PA
Florida to Pennsylvania
See this routeNY → CA
New York to California
See this routeFL → VA
Florida to Virginia
See this routeIL → FL
Illinois to Florida
See this routeLA → TX
Louisiana to Texas
See this routeIL → WI
Illinois to Wisconsin
See this routeIL → TX
Illinois to Texas
See this routeMN → WI
Minnesota to Wisconsin
See this routePA → NY
Pennsylvania to New York
See this routeCO → TX
Colorado to Texas
See this routeNC → VA
North Carolina to Virginia
See this routeNJ → FL
New Jersey to Florida
See this routeMA → FL
Massachusetts to Florida
See this routeMO → KS
Missouri to Kansas
See this routeTX → GA
Texas to Georgia
See this routeHow 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—not a claim about teacher demand.
Route selection reviewed 2026-08-03. See the Census source.