§ 2573. Appointment of assistant, district or other superintendents,\nteachers and other employees; their salaries, et cetera. 1. (a) i.\nTeachers and all other members of the teaching staff, appointed prior to\nJuly first, two thousand fifteen and authorized by section twenty-five\nhundred fifty-four of this article, shall be appointed by the board of\neducation, upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, for\na probationary period of three years, except that in the case of a\nteacher who has rendered satisfactory service as a regular substitute\nfor a period of two years or as a seasonally licensed per session\nteacher of swimming in day schools who has served in that capacity for a\nperiod of two years and has been appointed to teach the same subject in\nday schools on an annual salary, the probationary period shall be\nlimited to one year; provided, however, that in the case of a teacher\nwho has been appointed on tenure in another school district within the\nstate, the school district where currently employed, or a board of\ncooperative educational services, and who was not dismissed from such\ndistrict or board as a result of charges brought pursuant to subdivision\none of section three thousand twenty-a of this chapter, the probationary\nperiod shall not exceed two years; provided, however, that in cities\nwith a population of one million or more, a teacher appointed under a\nnewly created license, for teachers of reading and of the emotionally\nhandicapped, to a position which the teacher has held for at least two\nyears prior to such appointment while serving on tenure in another\nlicense area who was not dismissed as a result of charges brought\npursuant to subdivision one of section three thousand twenty-a of this\nchapter, the probationary period shall be one year. The service of a\nperson appointed to any of such positions may be discontinued at any\ntime during such probationary period, on the recommendation of the\nsuperintendent of schools, by a majority vote of the board of education.\nEach person who is not to be recommended for appointment on tenure shall\nbe so notified by the superintendent of schools in writing not later\nthan sixty days immediately preceding the expiration of such person's\nprobationary period. In city school districts having a population of\nfour hundred thousand or more, persons with licenses obtained as a\nresult of examinations announced subsequent to the twenty-second day of\nMay, nineteen hundred sixty-nine appointed upon conditions that all\nannounced requirements for the position be fulfilled within a specified\nperiod of time, shall not acquire tenure unless and until such\nrequirements have been completed within the time specified for the\nfulfillment of such requirements, notwithstanding the expiration of any\nprobationary period. In all other city school districts subject to the\nprovisions of this article, failure to maintain certification as\nrequired by this article and by the regulations of the commissioner\nshall be cause for removal within the meaning of subdivision five of\nthis section.\n ii. Teachers and all other members of the teaching staff appointed on\nor after July first, two thousand fifteen and authorized by section\ntwenty-five hundred fifty-four of this article, shall be appointed by\nthe board of education, upon the recommendation of the superintendent of\nschools, for a probationary period of four years, except that in the\ncase of a teacher who has rendered satisfactory service as a regular\nsubstitute for a period of up to two years, or such teacher has rendered\nsatisfactory service as a seasonally licensed per session teacher of\nswimming in day schools who has served in that capacity for a period of\nup to two years and has been appointed to teach the same subject in day\nschools on an annual salary, the teacher shall be appointed for a\nprobationary period of a minimum of two years, depending upon the length\nof the regular substitut
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