N.Y. Education Law Section 3217
Procedure for issuance of employment certificates

1.

An application for an employment certificate shall be made by a minor on a form prescribed by the commissioner of education.

2.

Before issuing an employment certificate the issuing official shall require the minor to submit the following:

a.

Evidence of age;

b.

Written consent of the parent or guardian;

c.

A certificate of physical fitness; and

d.

If the application is for a full-time employment certificate, a schooling record. In addition, in a city or school district which, pursuant to section thirty-two hundred five, subdivision three, of this article, requires minors from sixteen to seventeen years of age who are not employed to attend school, the certificating official shall require a minor applying for a full-time employment certificate to submit the following:

a.

A pledge of employment; and

b.

A schooling record. * NB Effective until May 9, 2027 * § 3217

Source: Section 3217 — Procedure for issuance of employment certificates, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/3217 (updated May 23, 2025; accessed Jan. 31, 2026).

3201
Discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national origin prohibited 3201–A
Discrimination on account of sex 3202
Public schools free to resident pupils 3203
Selection of school for attendance of children when district line intersects a dwelling 3204
Instruction required 3205
Attendance of minors upon full time day instruction 3206
Attendance of minors upon part time instruction 3207
Attendance upon evening instruction 3207–A
Service of persons seventeen years of age as election inspectors or poll clerks 3208
Attendance 3208–A
Special proceeding to determine physical capacity of student to participate in athletic programs 3209
Education of homeless children 3209–A
Child abuse prevention 3210
Amount and character of required attendance 3211
Records of attendance upon instruction 3211–A
Reports of reading tests 3212
Definition of persons in parental relation and their duties 3212–A
Records of telephone numbers 3213
Supervisors of attendance 3214
Student placement, suspensions and transfers 3215
Unlawful employment 3215–A
General certification provisions 3216
Employment certificates 3217
Procedure for issuance of employment certificates 3218
Evidence of age 3219
Consent of parent or guardian 3220
Certificate of physical fitness 3221
Pledge of employment 3222
Schooling record 3223
Duties of employers 3224
Temporary services 3225
Special employment certificate 3226
Farm work permits 3227
Street trades 3228
Newspaper carrier 3230
School district meetings and activities 3232
Courts having jurisdiction 3233
Penalties 3234
Enforcement
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Jan. 31, 2026

Last modified:
May 23, 2025

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