§ 3011 — Contract with teacher

§ 3011. Contract with teacher. 1. Except as otherwise provided in\nsections twenty-five hundred twenty-three, three thousand twelve and\nthree thousand thirteen, all trustees of school districts or boards of\neducation who shall employ any teacher to teach shall, at the time of\nsuch employment, make and deliver to such teacher, or cause to be made\nand delivered, a contract in writing, signed by them, or by some person\nduly authorized to represent them in the premises, in which the details\nof the agreement between the parties, and particularly the length of the\nterm of employment, the amount of compensation and the time when such\ncompensation shall be due and payable shall be clearly and definitely\nset forth.\n 1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a city with a\npopulation of one million or more, all teachers, as that term is defined\nin section 13-501 of the administrative code of the city of New York,\nand all board of education employees serving as regular substitutes or\nfull term per diem substitutes shall be paid the amount of compensation\ndue them pursuant to collective bargaining agreements or to other\ncontracts on the precise date such compensation is due. If such payments\nare not made on the dates so required, interest shall be recovered\nbeginning thirty days, following the later of the effective date of this\nact or the required payment date through the day that payment is in fact\ntendered. In the case of a salary differential, the date compensation is\ndue shall be defined as thirty days following the date an employee's\napplication is filed by the employee with the board of education of the\ncity of New York. Interest shall be computed at the rate set forth in\nparagraph one of subdivision (e) of section one thousand ninety-six of\nthe tax law and shall be added to any compensation amounts referred to\nabove that have not been paid when owed.\n 2. No contract for the employment of a teacher in a district having\nthree trustees or a board of education shall be made for more than one\nyear in advance or for a shorter time than ten weeks unless for the\npurpose of filling an unexpired term of school; except that a contract\nmay be made in such a district for not more than five years with any\nteacher who has been employed in such district for at least three\nconsecutive years immediately prior to the execution of the contract.\n 3. No contract for the employment of a teacher in a district having a\nsole trustee shall be made to extend beyond the date of the expiration\nof the term of office of such trustee. A sole trustee of a school\ndistrict shall have full power and authority to contract with teachers\nfor the term for which he has been elected any time after the date of\nthe annual meeting at which such trustee was elected.\n 4. No trustee shall contract with any teacher whose certificate of\nqualifications shall not cover a period at least as long as that covered\nby the contract of service.\n