3012 – Tenure: Certain School Districts.
§ 3012. Tenure: certain school districts. 1. (a) i. Teachers and all other members of the teaching staff of school districts, including common school districts and/or school districts employing fewer than eight teachers, other than city school districts, who are appointed prior to July first, two thousand fifteen, shall be appointed by the board of […]
3012-A – Elementary Tenure Area.
§ 3012-a. Elementary tenure area. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and except in cities having a population of one million or more, elementary tenure area shall mean kindergarten through grade six for teachers employed in such grade levels after the effective date of this section. All teachers holding tenure as of […]
3012-C – Annual Professional Performance Review of Classroom Teachers and Building Principals.
§ 3012-c. Annual professional performance review of classroom teachers and building principals. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the annual professional performance reviews of all classroom teachers and building principals employed by school districts or boards of cooperative educational services shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions […]
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. […]
3006-A – Registration and Continuing Teacher and Leader Education Requirements for Holders of Professional Certificates in the Classroom Teaching Service, Holders of Level Iii Teaching Assistant Certificates, Holders of Professional Certificates in the Educational Leadership Service.
§ 3006-a. Registration and continuing teacher and leader education requirements for holders of professional certificates in the classroom teaching service, holders of level III teaching assistant certificates, holders of professional certificates in the educational leadership service. 1. a. Commencing with the two thousand sixteen–two thousand seventeen school year, each holder of a professional certificate in […]
3007 – Endorsement of Foreign Certificates and Diplomas.
§ 3007. Endorsement of foreign certificates and diplomas. The commissioner of education may in his discretion endorse: 1. A diploma issued by a normal school or teachers college of another state. 2. A certificate issued by the chief educational officer or state board of another state. Such endorsement confers on the holder of such diploma […]
3008 – Certification of Teachers by Local Authorities.
§ 3008. Certification of teachers by local authorities. A district superintendent, a city superintendent of schools or such other authority of a city school district as may be designated by law may issue such certificate as may be authorized by law or by the regents general rules.
3009 – Unqualified Teachers Shall Not Be Paid From School Moneys.
§ 3009. Unqualified teachers shall not be paid from school moneys. 1. No part of the school moneys apportioned to a district shall be applied to the payment of the salary of an unqualified teacher, nor shall his salary, or any part thereof, be collected by a district tax except as provided in this chapter. […]
3010 – Penalty for Payment of Unqualified Teacher.
§ 3010. Penalty for payment of unqualified teacher. Any trustee or member of a board of education who applies, or directs, or consents to the application of, any district money to the payment of an unqualified teacher’s salary, thereby commits a misdemeanor; and any fine imposed upon him therefor shall be for the benefit of […]
3001-D – Criminal History Record Checks and Conditional Appointments; Nonpublic and Private Schools.
§ 3001-d. Criminal history record checks and conditional appointments; nonpublic and private schools. 1. a. “Employee” shall mean any prospective employee of a nonpublic or private elementary or secondary school which requires the fingerprinting of prospective employees pursuant to this section, or employee of a contracted service provider or worker placed within such school under […]