§ 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.