SUPPLY AND DEMAND DATA ON SECONDARY SCHOOL HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS IN NEW YORK STATE WERE FURNISHED BY QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 82 PERCENT OF 783 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. FIVE HUNDRED REPLACEMENT TEACHERS AND 497 NEW TEACHERS WILL BE NEEDED DURING THE PERIOD 1964-68. CERTIFICATION STATUS AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 80 PERCENT OF 1,964 HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS. ONE-HALF HELD PERMANENT CERTIFICATES, ONE-THIRD HELD PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATES, WHILE THE REMAINING ONE-SIXTH WERE NOT CERTIFIED (HALF OF THEM BECAUSE DEGREES WERE EARNED OUT OF STATE). A LACK OF ACCESSIBLE, LOW TUITION PROGRAMS IN HOME ECONOMICS WAS CITED. IF THE SHORTAGE IS NOT TO BECOME GREAT, MORE HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMS MUST BE SET UP. (LC)