N.Y. Education Law Section 210-B
Graduate-level teacher and educational leadership program deregistration and suspension


1.

The department shall suspend a graduate program’s authority to admit new students if for three consecutive academic years, fewer than fifty percent of its students who have satisfactorily completed the program pass each examination that they have taken that is required for certification and shall notify currently admitted and enrolled students of such suspension. The graduate program shall be permitted to continue operations for the length of time it would take all currently admitted and/or enrolled students, if they were to attend classes on a full-time basis, to complete the requirements for their degrees. If, at any time during such period, the commissioner determines that student and/or program performance has significantly improved, the commissioner may reinstate the program’s ability to admit new students. If the commissioner does not affirmatively reinstate the program’s authority to admit new students during such time period, the program shall be deregistered. For purposes of this subdivision, students who have satisfactorily completed the graduate program shall mean students who have met each educational requirement of the program, excluding any requirement that the student pass each required New York State teacher certification examination for a teaching certificate and/or school building leader examination for a school building leader certificate in order to complete the program. Students satisfactorily meeting each educational requirement may include students who earn a degree or students who complete each educational requirement without earning a degree. When making such a determination, the department shall consider the performance on each certification examination of the cohort of students completing an examination not more than five years before the end of the academic year in which the program is completed or not later than the September thirtieth following the end of such academic year, where academic year is defined as July first through June thirtieth, and shall consider only the highest score of individuals taking a test more than once. When making such a determination the department may adjust its methodology for determining examination passage rates for one or more certification examinations to account for sample size and accuracy.

2.

The institution may submit an appeal of a suspension of a graduate program’s ability to admit students or deregistration pursuant to this section in a manner and timeframe as prescribed by the commissioner in regulations. However, a program that has had its ability to admit students suspended shall not admit new students while awaiting the commissioner’s decision on any appeal. An institution with a deregistered program shall not admit any new students in such program while awaiting the commissioner’s decision on its application for registration.

3.

The department may also, as prescribed by the commissioner in regulations, conduct expedited suspension and registration reviews for graduate programs, pursuant to regulations of the commissioner.

Source: Section 210-B — Graduate-level teacher and educational leadership program deregistration and suspension, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/210-B (updated Jul. 3, 2015; accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

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Corporate name and objects
202
Regents
203
Officers
204
Meetings and absences
205
Quorum
206
Authority to take testimony and conduct hearings
207
Legislative power
207–A
Disclosure of gifts made to institutions of higher education by foreign governments, persons and entities
208
General examinations, credentials and degrees
208–A
Scheduling of examinations
209
Academic examinations
209–A
Applications for admission to college
210
Registrations
210–A
Admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs
210–B
Graduate-level teacher and educational leadership program deregistration and suspension
210–C
Interstate reciprocity agreement for post-secondary distance education programs
211
Review of regents learning standards
211–A
Enhanced state accountability system
211–B
Consequences for consistent lack of improvement in academic performance
211–C
Distinguished educators
211–D
Contract for excellence
211–E
Educational partnership organizations
211–F
Takeover and restructuring failing schools
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Fees
212–A
Return of deposits for professional and graduate schools
212–B
Return of tuition for colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools
212–C
Teacher accreditation review fees
213
Extension of educational facilities
213–B
Unlawful sale of dissertations, theses and term papers
214
Institutions in the university
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Visitation and reports
215–A
Annual report by regents to governor and legislature
215–B
Annual report by commissioner to governor and legislature
215–C
Promoting cost-effectiveness in public elementary and secondary schools
215–D
State university of New York report on economic development activities
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Charters
216–A
Applicability of not-for-profit corporation law
216–B
Private foundations, as defined in the United States internal revenue code of 1954: provisions included in the charter
216–C
Special provisions for cutlery and knife museums that exhibit automatic knives
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Provisional charters
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Conditions of incorporation
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Change of name or charter
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Distribution of assets
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Dissolution of educational institution by stockholders
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Suspension of operations
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Consolidation or merger of corporations
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Prohibitions
224–A
Students unable because of religious beliefs to register or attend classes on certain days
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Unlawful acts in respect to examinations and records
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Powers of trustees of institutions
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Colleges may construct water-works and sewer systems
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The Hamilton college sewer district
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County educational institutions
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Municipal training institute
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Town and county officers training school
232
Departments and their government
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State Museum
233–A
Property of the state museum
233–AA
Property of other museums
233–B
New York state freedom trail commission
233–C
Study
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Indian collection
235
State science service
235–A
New York state biodiversity research institute
235–B
New York state biological survey
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Public television and radio
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Regents plan for higher education including approved plans of state university and city university of New York and plans of independent i...
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Chair on geriatrics in the state university
238–A
Statewide resource centers for geriatric education
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Albert Einstein chairs in science and Albert Schweitzer chairs in the humanities
239–A
Collection and distribution of student’s residual consumer goods
239–B
Research dogs and cats

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Jul. 3, 2015

§ 210-B’s source at nysenate​.gov

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