§ 3004. Regulations governing certification of teachers. 1. The\ncommissioner shall prescribe, subject to approval by the regents,\nregulations governing the examination and certification of teachers\nemployed in all public schools of the state, except that no such\nregulation affecting the examination, certification, license,\nprobationary periods, appointment, and tenure of position of persons\nemployed in the teaching, and supervising service in a city having a\npopulation of four hundred thousand or more shall be prescribed which\nmay cause the discontinuance of the service of such persons who have\nsatisfactorily completed their probationary periods, or the removal of\nsuch persons from their positions in a manner other than that provided\nby section twenty-five hundred seventy-three of this chapter, but no\nsuch regulations established by the commissioner or by any school\ndistrict, or pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred\nfifty-four, twenty-five hundred sixty-six, twenty-five hundred\nsixty-nine, twenty-five hundred seventy-three or three thousand eight of\nthis chapter or otherwise, shall hereafter prohibit, prevent or\ndisqualify any person, who is otherwise qualified, from competing,\nparticipating and registering for such examination or from obtaining a\nteacher's certificate or from qualifying for a position as a teacher\nsolely by reason of a disability provided such disability does not\ninterfere with such person's ability to perform teaching duties, nor\nshall any person who is otherwise qualified be denied enrollment in any\nteacher training, which provides for certification as a teacher in a\nschool or facility which conducts classes for children with disabilities\nsolely by reason of a disability.\n 1-a. The commissioner shall waive fees paid by applicants for the\nrenewal of a temporary teaching certificate or license, as defined by\nthe commissioner, if such certificate or license lapsed while such\napplicant was deployed by the United States armed forces and any of its\nreserve components in a combat theater or combat zone of operations at\nany time on or after the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall\nprescribe regulations requiring that all persons applying, on or after\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, for a certificate or license\nto be a teacher shall, in addition to all the other certification or\nlicensure requirements, have completed two hours of coursework or\ntraining regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and\nmaltreatment. The coursework or training shall be obtained from an\ninstitution or provider which has been approved by the department to\nprovide such coursework or training. The coursework or training shall\ninclude information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of\nchild abuse and maltreatment and the statutory reporting requirements\nset out in sections four hundred thirteen through four hundred twenty of\nthe social services law, including but not limited to, when and how a\nreport must be made, what other actions the reporter is mandated or\nauthorized to take, the legal protections afforded reporters, and the\nconsequences for failing to report. Each applicant shall provide the\ndepartment with documentation showing that he or she has completed the\nrequired training.\n 3. The commissioner shall prescribe regulations requiring that all\npersons applying on or after February second, two thousand one for a\nteaching certificate or license, including but not limited to a\ncertificate or license valid for service as a classroom teacher,\nteaching assistant, pupil personnel service professional, school\nadministrator or supervisor or superintendent of schools, shall, in\naddition to all the other certification or licensing requirements, have\ncompleted two hours of course work or training in school violence\nprevention and intervention. The
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