New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 3004-a. National board for professional teaching standards certification grant program

1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the commissioner shall establish the Albert Shanker national board for professional teaching standards certification grant program, to be used by the department to defray any costs incurred by an eligible teacher, as that term is described in subdivision two of this section and his or her sponsoring school district, where such eligible teacher seeks national board certification from the national board for professional teacher standards.

2. As used in this section, “eligible teacher” shall mean a New York state tenured public school teacher who:

3. Under the provisions of this section and subject to the filing requirement described in subdivision four of this section, a grant in an amount of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) shall be made available from the Albert Shanker national board for professional teaching standards certification grant program to each eligible teacher to defray the expenses of certification by the national board for professional teaching standards.  Such sum may include the direct reimbursement by the department to the eligible teacher's sponsoring school district from the total grant award to cover the cost of hiring a substitute teacher for up to three days or the duration of such eligible teacher's approved leave, whichever is less.

4. The commissioner shall be responsible for promulgating any regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section, including:

5. An eligible teacher for whom the state pays a participation fee shall be liable for repayment of the grant to the department if such eligible teacher:

6. Repayment of the grant is not required: