N.Y. Education Law § 210-a: Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs

§ 210-a. Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and

educational leader programs. Each institution registered by the

department with graduate-level teacher and leader education programs

shall adopt rigorous selection criteria geared to predicting a

candidate's academic success in its program, including but not limited

to, achievement of a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher in

the candidate's undergraduate program. Each program may exempt up to

fifty percent of any incoming class of students from such selection

criteria set forth in this section based on a student's demonstration of

potential to positively contribute to the teaching profession or other

extenuating circumstances pursuant to the regulations of the

commissioner. A program shall report to the department the number of

students admitted pursuant to such exemption and the selection criteria

used for such exemptions.