Teacher license reciprocity allows educators who hold a teaching license in one state to earn a license in another state, subject to meeting state-specific requirements. Reciprocity agreements allow states to work through variations in licensing systems to coordinate license transfers and fill vacant teaching positions with qualified candidates. Most states have policies in place to extend reciprocity for certain teachers, but few states provide full reciprocity for all fully licensed teachers from other states. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia have different requirements for experienced and inexperienced teachers, limiting licensure barriers for candidates meeting established experience requirements. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia require candidates with classroom experience to provide evidence of effectiveness in past performance, oftentimes limiting barriers for candidates who can demonstrate success. This document lists each state, whether the state has different requirements in place for experienced and inexperienced out-of-state teachers, the source of that data, and whether the state requires out-of-state teachers with experience to provide evidence of effectiveness, and the source of that data. [View the full "50-State Comparison: Teacher License Reciprocity" here: https://www.ecs.org/50-state-comparison-teacher-license-reciprocity/.]