N.Y. Education Law Section 3006
Commissioner of education to issue certificates


Types of certificates. The commissioner of education may issue:

1.

a. A life state certificate upon examinations only which shall entitle its holder to teach for life in the public schools of the state without further examination.

b.

Such other certificates as regents general rules shall prescribe.

c.

A temporary license limited to a school district, supervisory district or city for a period not to exceed one year.

d.

A temporary certificate to a school district upon the request of the school authorities of the school district, and under such rules as the regents shall establish, which shall authorize such school authorities temporarily to employ persons having unusual qualifications in specific subjects, as visiting lecturers, provided they have been licensed pursuant to paragraph e of this subdivision, so as to supplement the regular programs of teaching of such specific subjects.

e.

A temporary license to a person having unusual qualifications in specific subjects, authorizing him to teach as a visiting lecturer in accordance with the provisions of paragraph d of this subdivision.

2.

Fees. The commissioner shall charge the following fees for certificates issued pursuant to this section.

a.

Effective September first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and thereafter, the fees charged for each application for the following types of certificates shall be:

(i)

For a certificate issued under this section based upon completion of a teacher education program registered by the department, fifty dollars;

(ii)

For a certificate issued under this section based upon education or experience completed in other than a teacher education program registered by the department, one hundred dollars;

(iii)

For a temporary license or a temporary coaching license, fifty dollars;

(iv)

For a continuing certificate for a teaching assistant, thirty-five dollars;

(v)

For a duplicate certificate, twenty-five dollars.

b.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision, in a case where an individual applies for a certificate of qualification, provisional and/or permanent certificate within twelve months of having been issued a temporary license in the same certification area, the fee for such additional certificate or certificates shall be fifty dollars.

3.

Registration.

a.

Commencing with the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year, any holder of a teaching certificate in the classroom teaching service, teaching assistant certificate, or educational leadership certificate that is valid for life as prescribed by the commissioner in regulations shall be required to register with the department every five years in accordance with regulations of the commissioner. Such regulations shall prescribe the date or dates by which applications for initial registration must be submitted and may provide for staggered initial registration and/or rolling re-registration so that re-registrations are distributed as equally as possible throughout the year and across multiple years.

b.

The department shall post an application for registration on its website. An application shall be submitted for a registration certificate. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department shall renew the registration of each certificate holder upon receipt of a proper application on a form prescribed by the department. Any certificate holder who fails to register by the beginning of the appropriate registration period may be subject to late filing penalties as prescribed by the commissioner. No certificate holder resuming practice after a lapse of registration shall be permitted to practice without verification of re-registration.

c.

Any certificate holder who is not engaging in the practice of his or her profession in this state and does not desire to register shall so advise the department. Such certificate holder shall not be subject to penalties as prescribed by the commissioner for failure to register at the beginning of the registration period.

d.

Certificate holders shall notify the department of any change of name or mailing address within thirty days of such change. Willful failure to register or provide such notice within one hundred eighty days of such change may constitute grounds for moral character review under subdivision seven of § 305 (General powers and duties)section three hundred five of this chapter.

Source: Section 3006 — Commissioner of education to issue certificates, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/3006 (updated Jul. 3, 2015; accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

3001
Qualifications of teachers
3001‑A
Temporary teaching permit, person not a citizen
3001‑B
First aid instruction mandatory for coaches of extra-class public school athletic activities
3001‑C
First aid instruction mandatory for coaches of high school extra-class nonpublic school athletic activities
3001‑D
Criminal history record checks and conditional appointments
3002
Oath to support federal and state constitutions
3003
Qualifications of superintendents
3004
Regulations governing certification of teachers
3004‑A
National board for professional teaching standards certification grant program
3004‑B
Special procedures for certification
3004‑C
Denial of application for certification
3005
Leave of absence to teachers for teaching in foreign countries, other states and territories and other school districts
3005‑A
Leave of absence for teaching purposes
3005‑B
Leave of absence for personal illness
3006
Commissioner of education to issue certificates
3006‑A
Registration and continuing teacher and leader education requirements for holders of professional certificates in the classroom teaching ...
3007
Endorsement of foreign certificates and diplomas
3008
Certification of teachers by local authorities
3009
Unqualified teachers shall not be paid from school moneys
3010
Penalty for payment of unqualified teacher
3011
Contract with teacher
3012
Tenure: certain school districts
3012‑A
Elementary tenure area
3012‑C
Annual professional performance review of classroom teachers and building principals
3012‑D
Annual teacher and principal evaluations
3013
Abolition of office or position
3014
Tenure: boards of cooperative educational services
3014‑A
Teachers’ rights as a result of a board or boards of cooperative educational services taking over a program formerly operated by a school...
3014‑B
Teachers’ rights as a result of a school district taking over a program formerly operated by a board of cooperative educational services
3014‑C
Teachers’ rights as a result of a school district taking back tuition students
3014‑D
Teachers’ rights as a result of a school district sending students to another district on a tuition basis pursuant to section two thousan...
3015
Teacher’s salary when payable
3016
Contract when teacher is related to trustee or member of board of education
3017
Individual liability of trustees
3018
Revocation of certificate by district superintendent
3019
Penalty for teacher’s failure to complete contract
3019‑A
Notice of termination of service by teachers
3020
Discipline of teachers
3020‑A
Disciplinary procedures and penalties
3020‑B
Streamlined removal procedures for teachers rated ineffective
3021
Removal of superintendents, teachers and employees for treasonable or seditious acts or utterances
3021‑A
Notification of accusatory instrument alleging a sex offense
3022
Elimination of subversive persons from the public school system
3023
Liability of a board of education, trustee, trustees or board of cooperative educational services
3024
Teachers responsible for record books
3025
Verification of school register
3026
Discriminations based on sex prohibited
3027
Discrimination based on age prohibited
3028
Liability of school district for cost and attorney’s fees of action against, or prosecutions of, teachers, members of supervisory and adm...
3028‑A
Students under twenty-one years of age suspected of alcohol abuse or narcotic addiction
3028‑B
Notification of teachers’ duty to provide information and immunity from liability
3028‑C
Protection of school employees who report acts of violence and weapons possession
3028‑D
Protection of school employees who report information regarding illegal or inappropriate financial practices
3029
Hours of continuous duty for full time teachers
3029‑A
Silent meditation in public schools
3030
Interstate agreement on qualifications of educational personnel
3031
Procedure when tenure not to be granted at conclusion of probationary period or when services to be discontinued
3032
Teacher summer business training and employment program
3033
New York state mentor teacher-internship program
3034
Teacher career recruitment clearinghouse
3035
Duties of commissioner
3036
Coursework for reporting child abuse and maltreatment for those with coaching licenses or coaching certificates
3037
Grants for hiring teachers
3038
The superintendent of each school district, in consultation with the district superintendent of a board of cooperative educational servic...

Accessed:
Apr. 20, 2024

Last modified:
Jul. 3, 2015

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