New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter C - Teacher › Part 80 - Requirements for Teachers' Certificates and Teaching Practice › Subpart 80-5 - REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CLASSROOM TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICE AND SPECIALIZED CREDENTIALS › Section 80-5.27 - Emergency COVID-19 certificate for candidates seeking certain certificates, extensions, and annotations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Purpose. The purpose of the emergency COVID-19 certificate is to authorize a
					 candidate who was adversely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, and is seeking a
					 certain certificate, extension, or annotation in a specific certificate title,
					 to teach for a limited period of time.
(b) Limitations. The emergency COVID-19
					 certificate in a specific certificate title shall be valid for two years from
					 its effective date and shall not be renewable.
(c) Requirements. To be eligible for an
					 emergency COVID-19 certificate, the candidate shall:
(1) Apply for one of the following
					 certificates, extensions, or annotations on or before September 1, 2022: the
					 American sign language extension, coordinator of workbased learning programs
					 for career awareness extension, coordinator of work-based learning programs for
					 career development extension, bilingual education extension, general science in
					 grades 5-9 and 7-12 extension, gifted education extension, grade level
					 extensions to teach students with disabilities, initial or professional
					 certificate in the classroom teaching service that has examination
					 requirement(s), initial or professional certificate in the educational
					 leadership service that has examination requirement(s), initial reissuance,
					 world languages other than English- early childhood education and childhood
					 education extension, teaching assistant certificate that has examination
					 requirement(s), school administrator and supervisor provisional renewal, severe
					 or multiple disabilities annotation, specific subject in a special class in
					 grades 7-12 limited extension, subject in grades 5-6 extension, subject in
					 grades 7-9 extension, subject in grades 5-9 or 7-12 for students with
					 disabilities extension, supplementary certificate that has examination
					 requirement(s), supplementary bilingual education extension, transitional A
					 certificate through the Option B pathway, transitional B certificate,
					 transitional C certificate, or transitional D certificate;
(2) Apply for the emergency COVID-19
					 certificate in such certificate title applied for pursuant to paragraph (1) of
					 this subdivision on or before September 1, 2022; and
(3)
(i) for
					 certificates that require examination(s), met all requirements for such
					 certificate applied for pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision other
					 than the examination requirement(s), on or before September 1, 2022;
					 or
(ii) for extensions that require
					 examination(s), either:
(a) met all
					 requirements for such extension applied for pursuant to paragraph (1) of this
					 subdivision, other than the examination requirement(s), on or before September
					 1, 2022; or
(b) met all requirements
					 for such extension applied for pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision,
					 other than the base certificate requirement, on or before September 1, 2022,
					 and hold an appropriate valid emergency COVID-19 base certificate at the time
					 of the application evaluation; or
(c) met all requirements for such extension
					 applied for pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision, other than the
					 examination requirement(s) and base certificate requirement, on or before
					 September 1, 2022, and hold an appropriate valid emergency COVID-19 base
					 certificate at the time of the application evaluation; or
(iii) for extensions or annotations that do
					 not require examination(s), met all requirements for such extension or
					 annotation applied for pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision other than
					 the base certificate requirement, on or before September 1, 2022, and hold an
					 appropriate valid emergency COVID-19 base certificate at the time of the
					 application evaluation;
(4) For the emergency COVID-19 American sign
					 language extension and the emergency COVID-19 specific subject in a special
					 class in grades 7-12 limited extension, a candidate shall only be issued either
					 such extension if they meet the requirements of clause (b) of subparagraph (ii)
					 of Paragraph (3) of this section.