Please note: Due to continued social distancing measures and limited capacity at the July meeting, visitors wishing to view the meeting may do so at 89 Washington Avenue but will be directed to an overflow location in Chancellor’s Hall, which is on the Hawk Street side of the Education Building. The meeting will also be live webcast at www.regents.nysed.gov/meetings.

Proposed Amendment to Sections 52.30, 63.9, 70.4, 74.6, 75.2, 75.5, 76.2, 79-9.3, 79-10.3, 79-11.3, 79-12.3, 80-5.3, 80-5.4, 83.5, 87.2, 87.5, 145-2.15, 155.17, 200.5, 200.6, and 279.15 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Addressing the COVID-19 Crisis - Department staff will present emergency amendments to the Commissioner’s regulations to provide regulatory flexibility in response to the COVID-19 crisis relating to the following: incidental teaching; substitute teachers; special education teaching assignments in grades 7-12; Ability-to-Benefit (ATB) test; snow day reporting; special education due process hearings; continuous experience requirements for speech language pathology, audiology, and occupational therapy; in-person supervision experience requirements for licensed clinical social work, licensed master social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family counseling, creative arts therapy, and psychoanalysis; authorizing licensed pharmacists to administer the COVID-19 vaccine; examination timeframe requirements for Public Accounting applicants; Social Work experience requirements; Part 83 and Part 87 appeals and procedures; and Office of State Review filings.