§ 3001 Qualifications of teachers
§ 3001-A Temporary teaching permit, person not a citizen
§ 3001-B First aid instruction mandatory for coaches of extra-class public school athletic activities
§ 3001-C First aid instruction mandatory for coaches of high school extra-class nonpublic school athletic activities
§ 3001-D Criminal history record checks and conditional appointments; nonpublic and private schools
§ 3002 Oath to support federal and state constitutions
§ 3003 Qualifications of superintendents
§ 3004 Regulations governing certification of teachers
§ 3004-A National board for professional teaching standards certification grant program
§ 3004-B Special procedures for certification
§ 3004-C Denial of application for certification
§ 3005 Leave of absence to teachers for teaching in foreign countries, other states and territories and other school districts
§ 3005-A Leave of absence for teaching purposes
§ 3005-B Leave of absence for personal illness
§ 3006 Commissioner of education to issue certificates
§ 3006-A Registration and continuing teacher and leader education requirements for holders of professional certificates in the classroom teaching service, holders of level iii teaching assistant certificates, holders of professional certificates in the educational
§ 3007 Endorsement of foreign certificates and diplomas
§ 3008 Certification of teachers by local authorities
§ 3009 Unqualified teachers shall not be paid from school moneys
§ 3010 Penalty for payment of unqualified teacher
§ 3011 Contract with teacher
§ 3012 Tenure: certain school districts
§ 3012-A Elementary tenure area
§ 3012-C Annual professional performance review of classroom teachers and building principals
§ 3012-D Annual teacher and principal evaluations
§ 3013 Abolition of office or position
§ 3014 Tenure: boards of cooperative educational services
§ 3014-A Teachers’ rights as a result of a board or boards of cooperative educational services taking over a program formerly operated by a school district or districts or by a county vocational education and extension board
§ 3014-B Teachers’ rights as a result of a school district taking over a program formerly operated by a board of cooperative educational services
§ 3014-C Teachers’ rights as a result of a school district taking back tuition students
§ 3014-D Teachers’ rights as a result of a school district sending students to another district on a tuition basis pursuant to section two thousand forty of this chapter
§ 3015 Teacher’s salary when payable
§ 3016 Contract when teacher is related to trustee or member of board of education
§ 3017 Individual liability of trustees
§ 3018 Revocation of certificate by district superintendent
§ 3019 Penalty for teacher’s failure to complete contract
§ 3019-A Notice of termination of service by teachers
§ 3020 Discipline of teachers
§ 3020-A Disciplinary procedures and penalties
§ 3020-B Streamlined removal procedures for teachers rated ineffective
§ 3021 Removal of superintendents, teachers and employees for treasonable or seditious acts or utterances
§ 3021-A Notification of accusatory instrument alleging a sex offense
§ 3022 Elimination of subversive persons from the public school system
§ 3023 Liability of a board of education, trustee, trustees or board of cooperative educational services
§ 3024 Teachers responsible for record books
§ 3025 Verification of school register
§ 3026 Discriminations based on sex prohibited
§ 3027 Discrimination based on age prohibited
§ 3028 Liability of school district for cost and attorney’s fees of action against, or prosecutions of, teachers, members of supervisory and administrative staff or employees, and school volunteers
§ 3028-A Students under twenty-one years of age suspected of alcohol abuse or narcotic addiction
§ 3028-B Notification of teachers’ duty to provide information and immunity from liability
§ 3028-C Protection of school employees who report acts of violence and weapons possession
§ 3028-D Protection of school employees who report information regarding illegal or inappropriate financial practices
§ 3029 Hours of continuous duty for full time teachers
§ 3029-A Silent meditation in public schools
§ 3030 Interstate agreement on qualifications of educational personnel
§ 3031 Procedure when tenure not to be granted at conclusion of probationary period or when services to be discontinued
§ 3032 Teacher summer business training and employment program; and employer specific skill training grant program
§ 3033 New York state mentor teacher-internship program
§ 3034 Teacher career recruitment clearinghouse
§ 3035 Duties of commissioner; submission of fingerprints
§ 3036 Coursework for reporting child abuse and maltreatment for those with coaching licenses or coaching certificates
§ 3037 Grants for hiring teachers
§ 3038

Terms Used In New York Laws > Education > Title 4 > Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Community Reinvestment Act: The Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977. Source: OCC
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.