Described for Federal and State policymakers is an analytic model of special education (SE) manpower incorporating questionnaire data from 1,173 SE students and 2,068 SE teachers. The model is reported to encompass the following 13 states or definable conditions: undergraduate training; five states each for undergraduate and masters degree levels consisting of full-time teacher in SE, full-time teacher in SE and part-time school attendance for a higher degree, full-time student, out of SE and part-time student, and out of SE and no school attendance; and two states (in or out of the SE field) at the post-masters degree level. Methodology is given to include categorization of students by the three educational levels according to the specialty areas of sensory disorders, learning disorders, and other specialties; and categorization of teachers on bases such as representation from 26 states and school districts. Noted is use of career data such as length of time in jobs and nature of current position. Analysis of version 1 (state probabilities) involving matrix computation is explained through results indicating that of 128 female teachers specializing in sensory disorders, 48 teach full-time with an undergraduate degree, 49 teach with a masters degree, one teacher in the field has a doctorate, four teachers are in school full-time, and four teachers have left the field. Explained is analysis by version 2 (incorporating time in state) involving ways to interpret movement of teachers in the field. Given are examples of model operations such as projecting the current states ahead for 1 year. (MC)