N.Y. EDN Law § 2569

§ 2569. Appointment of teachers. a. In a city having a population of\none million or more inhabitants, state certification in accordance with\nthe regulations of the commissioner shall be a prerequisite to\nappointment to any teaching or supervisory position. The commissioner,\nafter consultation with the chancellor, shall identify in the\nregulations the state certificates which correspond to licenses utilized\nby the city school district of the city of New York. Where the\nregulations of the commissioner do not identify a corresponding state\ncertificate, the minimum education and experience requirements\npromulgated by the chancellor in accordance with subdivision two of\nsection twenty-five hundred ninety-j of this chapter shall be a\nprerequisite to appointment to any teaching position in such license. In\naddition, placement upon qualifying eligible lists in accordance with\nsubdivision ten of section twenty-five hundred seventy-three of this\narticle shall be conditional upon satisfactory performance on (i) an\ninterview test administered by the chancellor and (ii) a performance\ntest where required by the chancellor.\n b. For purposes of qualifying teachers for service exclusively within\na school district wherein instruction is given bi-lingually, all\ninterviews and performance tests provided for by this section shall be\ngiven in English and Spanish or any other appropriate second language\nand the applicant at the time of application shall designate the\nlanguage of his choice, except that a written composition as determined\nby the chancellor under the policies of the city board of education\nshall be given in English.\n