Section 3006. Commissioner of education to issue certificates  


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  • Types of
      certificates. The commissioner of education may issue:
        1. a. A life state certificate  upon  examinations  only  which  shall
      entitle  its holder to teach for life in the public schools of the state
      without further examination.
        b. Such other certificates as regents general rules shall prescribe.
        c. A temporary license  limited  to  a  school  district,  supervisory
      district or city for a period not to exceed one year.
        d.  A  temporary  certificate to a school district upon the request of
      the school authorities of the school district, and under such  rules  as
      the   regents   shall  establish,  which  shall  authorize  such  school
      authorities temporarily to employ persons having unusual  qualifications
      in  specific  subjects,  as  visiting lecturers, provided they have been
      licensed  pursuant  to  paragraph  e  of  this  subdivision,  so  as  to
      supplement the regular programs of teaching of such specific subjects.
        e.  A  temporary  license to a person having unusual qualifications in
      specific subjects, authorizing him to teach as a  visiting  lecturer  in
      accordance with the provisions of paragraph d of this subdivision.
        2.  Fees.  The  commissioner  shall  charge  the  following  fees  for
      certificates issued pursuant to this section.
        a.  Effective  September  first,  nineteen  hundred   ninety-two   and
      thereafter,  the  fees  charged  for  each application for the following
      types of certificates shall be:
        (i) For a certificate issued under this section based upon  completion
      of  a  teacher  education  program  registered  by the department, fifty
      dollars;
        (ii) For a certificate issued under this section based upon  education
      or  experience  completed  in  other  than  a  teacher education program
      registered by the department, one hundred dollars;
        (iii) For a temporary license or a temporary coaching  license,  fifty
      dollars;
        (iv)   For   a   continuing  certificate  for  a  teaching  assistant,
      thirty-five dollars;
        (v) For a duplicate certificate, twenty-five dollars.
        b. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this  subdivision,
      in   a   case   where   an  individual  applies  for  a  certificate  of
      qualification, provisional and/or permanent  certificate  within  twelve
      months   of   having  been  issued  a  temporary  license  in  the  same
      certification  area,  the  fee  for  such  additional   certificate   or
      certificates shall be fifty dollars.