§ 3006 — Commissioner of education to issue certificates

§ 3006. Commissioner of education to issue certificates. Types of\ncertificates. The commissioner of education may issue:\n 1. a. A life state certificate upon examinations only which shall\nentitle its holder to teach for life in the public schools of the state\nwithout further examination.\n b. Such other certificates as regents general rules shall prescribe.\n c. A temporary license limited to a school district, supervisory\ndistrict or city for a period not to exceed one year.\n d. A temporary certificate to a school district upon the request of\nthe school authorities of the school district, and under such rules as\nthe regents shall establish, which shall authorize such school\nauthorities temporarily to employ persons having unusual qualifications\nin specific subjects, as visiting lecturers, provided they have been\nlicensed pursuant to paragraph e of this subdivision, so as to\nsupplement the regular programs of teaching of such specific subjects.\n e. A temporary license to a person having unusual qualifications in\nspecific subjects, authorizing him to teach as a visiting lecturer in\naccordance with the provisions of paragraph d of this subdivision.\n 2. Fees. The commissioner shall charge the following fees for\ncertificates issued pursuant to this section.\n a. Effective September first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and\nthereafter, the fees charged for each application for the following\ntypes of certificates shall be:\n (i) For a certificate issued under this section based upon completion\nof a teacher education program registered by the department, fifty\ndollars;\n (ii) For a certificate issued under this section based upon education\nor experience completed in other than a teacher education program\nregistered by the department, one hundred dollars;\n (iii) For a temporary license or a temporary coaching license, fifty\ndollars;\n (iv) For a continuing certificate for a teaching assistant,\nthirty-five dollars;\n (v) For a duplicate certificate, twenty-five dollars.\n b. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision,\nin a case where an individual applies for a certificate of\nqualification, provisional and/or permanent certificate within twelve\nmonths of having been issued a temporary license in the same\ncertification area, the fee for such additional certificate or\ncertificates shall be fifty dollars.\n 3. Registration. a. Commencing with the two thousand sixteen--two\nthousand seventeen school year, any holder of a teaching certificate in\nthe classroom teaching service, teaching assistant certificate, or\neducational leadership certificate that is valid for life as prescribed\nby the commissioner in regulations shall be required to register with\nthe department every five years in accordance with regulations of the\ncommissioner. Such regulations shall prescribe the date or dates by\nwhich applications for initial registration must be submitted and may\nprovide for staggered initial registration and/or rolling\nre-registration so that re-registrations are distributed as equally as\npossible throughout the year and across multiple years.\n b. The department shall post an application for registration on its\nwebsite. An application shall be submitted for a registration\ncertificate. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the\ndepartment shall renew the registration of each certificate holder upon\nreceipt of a proper application on a form prescribed by the department.\nAny certificate holder who fails to register by the beginning of the\nappropriate registration period may be subject to late filing penalties\nas prescribed by the commissioner. No certificate holder resuming\npractice after a lapse of registration shall be permitted to practice\nwithout verification of re-registration.\n c. Any certificate holder who is not engaging in the practice of his\nor her profession in this state and does not desire to register shall so\nadvise the department. Such certificate holder shall not be subject to\npenalties as prescribed by the commissioner for failure to register at\nthe beginning of the registration period.\n d. Certificate holders shall notify the department of any change of\nname or mailing address within thirty days of such change. Willful\nfailure to register or provide such notice within one hundred eighty\ndays of such change may constitute grounds for moral character review\nunder subdivision seven of section three hundred five of this chapter.\n