Tuition reimbursement exists in New York for the extreme shortage areas of science and math.

By Friday evening, the system still needed about 400 teachers, mostly in severe shortage areas like special education and bilingual education.

Seventy-nine counties are recognized as federally designated dental shortage areas.

If teachers in surplus areas feel badly enough, they will become certified in shortage areas.

Many states now subsidize the tuition of prospective teachers who agree to work in shortage areas.

California gives certificates for a federal income tax credit to those who teach in shortage areas.

The shortage areas, while dramatic, comprise less than 3 percent of the total.

The programs are designed to fulfill predicted critical shortage areas in the health services industry.

Further, the council stated that despite the glut of physicians, the country has 2,597 health professional shortage areas for primary care.

But if this works, it may be a way for us to bring in more science teachers and teachers in other shortage areas as well.