Section 2569. Appointment of teachers

a. In a city having a population of
  one million or more inhabitants, state certification in accordance  with
  the   regulations  of  the  commissioner  shall  be  a  prerequisite  to
  appointment to any teaching or supervisory position.  The  commissioner,
  after   consultation   with   the  chancellor,  shall  identify  in  the
  regulations the state certificates which correspond to licenses utilized
  by the city  school  district  of  the  city  of  New  York.  Where  the
  regulations  of  the  commissioner do not identify a corresponding state
  certificate,  the  minimum   education   and   experience   requirements
  promulgated  by  the  chancellor  in  accordance with subdivision two of
  section  twenty-five  hundred  ninety-j  of  this  chapter  shall  be  a
  prerequisite to appointment to any teaching position in such license. In
  addition,  placement  upon  qualifying eligible lists in accordance with
  subdivision ten of section twenty-five  hundred  seventy-three  of  this
  article  shall  be  conditional  upon satisfactory performance on (i) an
  interview test administered by the chancellor  and  (ii)  a  performance
  test where required by the chancellor.
    b.  For purposes of qualifying teachers for service exclusively within
  a  school  district  wherein  instruction  is  given  bi-lingually,  all
  interviews  and  performance tests provided for by this section shall be
  given in English and Spanish or any other  appropriate  second  language
  and  the  applicant  at  the  time  of  application  shall designate the
  language of his choice, except that a written composition as  determined
  by  the  chancellor  under  the  policies of the city board of education
  shall be given in English.