NY Educ L § 3003 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff 3003 - Qualifications of Superintendents.

§ 3003. Qualifications of superintendents.  1. No person except one in   possession  of a valid superintendent's certificate prior to July first,   nineteen hundred seventy-one shall hereafter be eligible to the position   of  superintendent  of  schools,  deputy  superintendent   of   schools,   associate superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent of schools   or  other superintendent of schools or member of a board of examiners in   a city school district or as a superintendent of schools in a union free   or central school district having a population of more  than  forty-five   hundred,   or   eligible  to  appointment  to  the  office  of  district   superintendent of schools in this state,  who  is  not  eligible  for  a   superintendent's  certificate  issued  by the commissioner in accordance   with the following requirements:a. He shall be a graduate of a college or university approved  by  the   commissioner  and  in addition shall have completed sixty semester hours   in graduate courses approved by the commissioner; andb. At the time of his appointment  each  shall  have  completed  three   years  of teaching experience satisfactory to the commissioner in public   or non-public schools.2. The  commissioner  of  education  shall  issue  a  superintendent's   permanent  certificate to any person who on March twenty-fifth, nineteen   hundred  thirty-seven,  held  or  was  appointed  to,  a   position   of   superintendent  of  schools, deputy superintendent of schools, associate   superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent of schools or  other   superintendent of schools or member of a board of examiners in a city or   as  a superintendent of schools in a village having a population of more   than forty-five hundred, or district superintendent of schools.3. The commissioner, at the request of a board of education  or  board   of  cooperative  educational services, may provide for the issuance of a   certificate as superintendent  of  schools  to  exceptionally  qualified   persons  who  do  not  meet  all  of  the  graduate  course  or teaching   requirements of subdivision one of this section, but  whose  exceptional   training   and   experience  are  the  substantial  equivalent  of  such   requirements and qualify such persons for the duties of a superintendent   of schools.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner  shall   require  that  any  person applying, on or after January first, nineteen   hundred  ninety-one,  for  a  superintendent's  certificate  shall,   in   addition  to  all  the  other  requirements, have completed two hours of   coursework or training regarding the  identification  and  reporting  of   child  abuse  and  maltreatment.  The  coursework  or  training shall be   obtained from an institution or provider which has been approved by  the   department  to  provide  such  coursework or training. The coursework or   training shall include information regarding the physical and behavioral   indicators of child abuse and maltreatment and the  statutory  reporting   requirements  set  out  in  sections  four hundred thirteen through four   hundred twenty of the social services law, including but not limited to,   when and how a report must be made, what other actions the  reporter  is   mandated   or   authorized  to  take,  the  legal  protections  afforded   reporters, and the consequences for failing to  report.  Each  applicant   shall  provide  the department with documentation showing that he or she   has completed the required training.5. The commissioner may provide for the issuance of a  certificate  as   deputy,  associate  or  assistant  superintendent  for  business  to any   qualified person who meets all of the requirements of subdivision one of   this section, except those contained in paragraph b of  subdivision  one   of this section.