Legislation
ARTICLE 61
Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 4
ARTICLE 61
TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Section 3001. Qualifications of teachers.
3001-a. Temporary teaching permit, person not a citizen.
3001-b. First aid instruction mandatory for coaches of
extra-class public school athletic activities.
3001-c. First aid instruction mandatory for coaches of high
school extra-class nonpublic school athletic
activities.
3001-d. Criminal history record checks and conditional
appointments; nonpublic and private schools.
3002. Oath to support federal and state constitutions.
3003. Qualifications of superintendents.
3004. Regulations governing certification of teachers.
3004-a. National board for professional teaching standards
certification grant program.
3004-b. Special procedures for certification.
3004-c. Denial of application for certification.
3005. Leave of absence to teachers for teaching in foreign
countries, other states and territories and other
school districts.
3005-a. Leave of absence for teaching purposes.
3005-b. Leave of absence for personal illness.
3006. Commissioner of education to issue certificates.
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.
3007. Endorsement of foreign certificates and diplomas.
3008. Certification of teachers by local authorities.
3009. Unqualified teachers shall not be paid from school
moneys.
3010. Penalty for payment of unqualified teacher.
3011. Contract with teacher.
3012. Tenure: certain school districts.
3012-a. Elementary tenure area.
3012-c. Annual professional performance review of classroom
teachers and building principals.
3012-d. Annual teacher and principal evaluations.
3012-e. Teacher and principal performance review plans.
3013. Abolition of office or position.
3014. Tenure: boards of cooperative educational services.
3014-a. Teachers' rights as a result of a board or boards of
cooperative educational services taking over a program
formerly operated by a school district or districts or
by a county vocational education and extension board.
3014-b. Teachers' rights as a result of a school district taking
over a program formerly operated by a board of
cooperative educational services.
3014-c. Teachers' rights as a result of a school district taking
back tuition students.
3014-d. Teachers' rights as a result of a school district
sending students to another district on a tuition
basis pursuant to section two thousand forty of this
chapter.
3015. Teacher's salary when payable.
3016. Contract when teacher is related to trustee or member of
board of education.
3017. Individual liability of trustees.
3018. Revocation of certificate by district superintendent.
3019. Penalty for teacher's failure to complete contract.
3019-a. Notice of termination of service by teachers.
3020. Discipline of teachers.
3020-a. Disciplinary procedures and penalties.
3021. Removal of superintendents, teachers and employees for
treasonable or seditious acts or utterances.
3021-a. Notification of accusatory instrument alleging a sex
offense.
3022. Elimination of subversive persons from the public school
system.
3023. Liability of a board of education, trustee, trustees or
board of cooperative educational services.
3024. Teachers responsible for record books.
3025. Verification of school register.
3026. Discriminations based on sex prohibited.
3027. Discrimination based on age prohibited.
3028. Liability of school district for cost and attorney's
fees of action against, or prosecutions of, teachers,
members of supervisory and administrative staff or
employees, and school volunteers.
3028-a. Students under twenty-one years of age suspected of
alcohol abuse or narcotic addiction.
3028-b. Notification of teachers' duty to provide information
and immunity from liability.
3028-c. Protection of school employees who report acts of
violence and weapons possession.
3028-d. Protection of school employees who report information
regarding illegal or inappropriate financial
practices.
3029. Hours of continuous duty for full time teachers.
3029-a. Silent meditation in public schools.
3030. Interstate agreement on qualifications of educational
personnel.
3031. Procedure when tenure not to be granted at conclusion of
probationary period or when services to be
discontinued.
3032. Teacher summer business training and employment program;
and employer specific skill training grant program.
3033. New York state mentor teacher-internship program.
3034. Teacher career recruitment clearinghouse.
3035. Duties of commissioner; submission of fingerprints.
3036. Coursework for reporting child abuse and maltreatment
for those with coaching licenses or coaching
certificates.
3037. Grants for hiring teachers.
3038. (Enacted without section heading).
TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Section 3001. Qualifications of teachers.
3001-a. Temporary teaching permit, person not a citizen.
3001-b. First aid instruction mandatory for coaches of
extra-class public school athletic activities.
3001-c. First aid instruction mandatory for coaches of high
school extra-class nonpublic school athletic
activities.
3001-d. Criminal history record checks and conditional
appointments; nonpublic and private schools.
3002. Oath to support federal and state constitutions.
3003. Qualifications of superintendents.
3004. Regulations governing certification of teachers.
3004-a. National board for professional teaching standards
certification grant program.
3004-b. Special procedures for certification.
3004-c. Denial of application for certification.
3005. Leave of absence to teachers for teaching in foreign
countries, other states and territories and other
school districts.
3005-a. Leave of absence for teaching purposes.
3005-b. Leave of absence for personal illness.
3006. Commissioner of education to issue certificates.
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.
3007. Endorsement of foreign certificates and diplomas.
3008. Certification of teachers by local authorities.
3009. Unqualified teachers shall not be paid from school
moneys.
3010. Penalty for payment of unqualified teacher.
3011. Contract with teacher.
3012. Tenure: certain school districts.
3012-a. Elementary tenure area.
3012-c. Annual professional performance review of classroom
teachers and building principals.
3012-d. Annual teacher and principal evaluations.
3012-e. Teacher and principal performance review plans.
3013. Abolition of office or position.
3014. Tenure: boards of cooperative educational services.
3014-a. Teachers' rights as a result of a board or boards of
cooperative educational services taking over a program
formerly operated by a school district or districts or
by a county vocational education and extension board.
3014-b. Teachers' rights as a result of a school district taking
over a program formerly operated by a board of
cooperative educational services.
3014-c. Teachers' rights as a result of a school district taking
back tuition students.
3014-d. Teachers' rights as a result of a school district
sending students to another district on a tuition
basis pursuant to section two thousand forty of this
chapter.
3015. Teacher's salary when payable.
3016. Contract when teacher is related to trustee or member of
board of education.
3017. Individual liability of trustees.
3018. Revocation of certificate by district superintendent.
3019. Penalty for teacher's failure to complete contract.
3019-a. Notice of termination of service by teachers.
3020. Discipline of teachers.
3020-a. Disciplinary procedures and penalties.
3021. Removal of superintendents, teachers and employees for
treasonable or seditious acts or utterances.
3021-a. Notification of accusatory instrument alleging a sex
offense.
3022. Elimination of subversive persons from the public school
system.
3023. Liability of a board of education, trustee, trustees or
board of cooperative educational services.
3024. Teachers responsible for record books.
3025. Verification of school register.
3026. Discriminations based on sex prohibited.
3027. Discrimination based on age prohibited.
3028. Liability of school district for cost and attorney's
fees of action against, or prosecutions of, teachers,
members of supervisory and administrative staff or
employees, and school volunteers.
3028-a. Students under twenty-one years of age suspected of
alcohol abuse or narcotic addiction.
3028-b. Notification of teachers' duty to provide information
and immunity from liability.
3028-c. Protection of school employees who report acts of
violence and weapons possession.
3028-d. Protection of school employees who report information
regarding illegal or inappropriate financial
practices.
3029. Hours of continuous duty for full time teachers.
3029-a. Silent meditation in public schools.
3030. Interstate agreement on qualifications of educational
personnel.
3031. Procedure when tenure not to be granted at conclusion of
probationary period or when services to be
discontinued.
3032. Teacher summer business training and employment program;
and employer specific skill training grant program.
3033. New York state mentor teacher-internship program.
3034. Teacher career recruitment clearinghouse.
3035. Duties of commissioner; submission of fingerprints.
3036. Coursework for reporting child abuse and maltreatment
for those with coaching licenses or coaching
certificates.
3037. Grants for hiring teachers.
3038. (Enacted without section heading).