2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 5 - University of the State of New York › Part 1 - General Organization › 210-B - Graduate-Level Teacher and Educational Leadership Program Deregistration and Suspension.

§  210-b.  Graduate-level  teacher  and educational leadership program
  deregistration  and  suspension.  1.  The  department  shall  suspend  a
  graduate  program's  authority  to  admit  new  students  if  for  three
  consecutive academic years, fewer than fifty percent of its students who
  have satisfactorily completed the program  pass  each  examination  that
  they  have  taken  that  is  required for certification and shall notify
  currently  admitted  and  enrolled  students  of  such  suspension.  The
  graduate  program  shall  be  permitted  to  continue operations for the
  length of time it would take  all  currently  admitted  and/or  enrolled
  students,  if  they  were  to  attend  classes  on a full-time basis, to
  complete the requirements for their degrees. If, at any time during such
  period,  the  commissioner  determines  that  student   and/or   program
  performance  has  significantly improved, the commissioner may reinstate
  the program's ability to admit new students. If  the  commissioner  does
  not  affirmatively  reinstate  the  program's  authority  to  admit  new
  students during such time period, the program shall be deregistered. For
  purposes of this subdivision, students who have satisfactorily completed
  the graduate program shall mean students who have met  each  educational
  requirement  of  the program, excluding any requirement that the student
  pass each required New York State teacher certification examination  for
  a  teaching  certificate and/or school building leader examination for a
  school building leader certificate in order  to  complete  the  program.
  Students satisfactorily meeting each educational requirement may include
  students  who  earn  a  degree or students who complete each educational
  requirement without earning a degree. When making such a  determination,
  the  department  shall  consider  the  performance on each certification
  examination of the cohort of students completing an examination not more
  than five years before the end of the academic year in which the program
  is completed or not later than the September thirtieth following the end
  of such academic year, where academic year  is  defined  as  July  first
  through  June  thirtieth,  and  shall consider only the highest score of
  individuals  taking  a  test  more  than  once.  When  making   such   a
  determination  the department may adjust its methodology for determining
  examination passage rates for one or more certification examinations  to
  account for sample size and accuracy.
2.  The institution may submit an appeal of a suspension of a graduate
  program's ability to admit students or deregistration pursuant  to  this
  section  in  a manner and timeframe as prescribed by the commissioner in
  regulations. However, a program  that  has  had  its  ability  to  admit
  students  suspended  shall  not  admit  new  students while awaiting the
  commissioner's  decision  on  any  appeal.   An   institution   with   a
  deregistered  program  shall  not admit any new students in such program
  while awaiting  the  commissioner's  decision  on  its  application  for
  registration.
3.  The  department  may  also,  as  prescribed by the commissioner in
  regulations, conduct expedited suspension and registration  reviews  for
  graduate programs, pursuant to regulations of the commissioner.