N.Y. Education Law § 2569: Appointment of teachers

§ 2569. Appointment of teachers. a. In a city having a population of

one million or more inhabitants, state certification in accordance with

the regulations of the commissioner shall be a prerequisite to

appointment to any teaching or supervisory position. The commissioner,

after consultation with the chancellor, shall identify in the

regulations the state certificates which correspond to licenses utilized

by the city school district of the city of New York. Where the

regulations of the commissioner do not identify a corresponding state

certificate, the minimum education and experience requirements

promulgated by the chancellor in accordance with subdivision two of

section twenty-five hundred ninety-j of this chapter shall be a

prerequisite to appointment to any teaching position in such license. In

addition, placement upon qualifying eligible lists in accordance with

subdivision ten of section twenty-five hundred seventy-three of this

article shall be conditional upon satisfactory performance on (i) an

interview test administered by the chancellor and (ii) a performance

test where required by the chancellor.

b. For purposes of qualifying teachers for service exclusively within

a school district wherein instruction is given bi-lingually, all

interviews and performance tests provided for by this section shall be

given in English and Spanish or any other appropriate second language

and the applicant at the time of application shall designate the

language of his choice, except that a written composition as determined

by the chancellor under the policies of the city board of education

shall be given in English.