New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter V - State University of New York › Subchapter E - Regulations of the Board of Trustees' Charter Schools Committee › Part 700 › Section 700.4 - Teacher Certification Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The committee acknowledges that many schools and education
					 corporations it oversees that have demonstrated strong student performance have
					 had difficulty hiring teachers certified in accordance with the requirements of
					 the regulations of the commissioner of education. The committee, therefore,
					 through its authority to adopt regulations with respect to the governance,
					 structure and operations of the charter schools it oversees, desires to provide
					 an alternative teacher certification pathway to charter schools in meeting the
					 requirements of paragraph (a-1) of subdivision three of section 2854  of the education law.
(a) Teacher Certification Compliance. An
				  education corporation may submit to the institute an Instructional Program (as
				  defined in subparagraph b, below) for teachers that meet the requirements of
				  this Section. The requirements of an approved Instructional Program under this
				  Section are to be considered equivalent to the certification requirements
				  applicable to other public schools of the state for the purposes of paragraph
				  a-1 of subdivision three of section 2854  of the education law.
(b) Instructional Program. An applicant may
				  at any time submit a proposed Instructional Program (the "Instructional
				  Program") to the institute for approval. If the institute has denied an
				  application or revoked or closed an Instructional Program, the applicant must
				  wait at least 120 days before any reapplication. In order to be eligible to
				  apply, an applicant must be approved to operate at least one school. An
				  Instructional Program shall not be eligible for approval unless it meets the
				  following minimum requirements:
(1) The
				  applicant shall have a demonstrated record of academic success as follows:
(i) For an education corporation, 60 percent
				  of applicant's schools with students participating in grades 3 through 8 state
				  examinations must have performed better on those examinations than the district
				  schools in the school districts in which the charter schools are located. If an
				  education corporation serves high school grades, such schools shall have met
				  60% of their accountability plan measures. If an education corporation serves
				  both sets of grades, the institute shall weight the grades accordingly. For
				  purposes of this paragraph, the school district in which a charter school is
				  located shall mean, for the city school district of the city of New York, the
				  community district in which a charter school is located. For schools that
				  primarily serve a special population, including students with disabilities or
				  ELL students, the schools must have performed better than the students of the
				  applicable special population in the school districts in which the charter
				  schools are located; and
(a) at least one of
				  the applicant's schools must have received a renewal of at least five
				  years.
(b) If two or more education
				  corporations are applying together, at least one school from each education
				  corporation must meet the standard in subparagraph (b)(1) of this
				  Section.