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
Universal Citation: 8 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 80-5.27
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 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.
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