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

§ 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 section three hundred five of this chapter.