I have questions about New York State Teacher Certification. How do I contact the New York State Education Department or BOCES Certification Officers?
The Capital Region BOCES Certification Officers can be reached at (518) 862-4918 daily between the hours of 1 pm – 3 pm only. You won’t be able to leave a message, so please keep trying. For certification information, please refer to the New York State Education Department Web site or call them at (518) 474-3901 from 9-11:30 am and 1:30-4:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I was fingerprinted for the NYSED OSPRA database once already. Do I have to be printed again? How do I tell if my fingerprints are on file? What if I was fingerprinted for the New York City Board of Education? You do not have to be reprinted as long as you were fingerprinted for the NYSED OSPRA database after July 1st, 2001. If you were printed for the New York City Board of Education after July 1, 1990 you will need to fill out and send the NYCBOE an OSPRA 104 form authorizing the NYCBOE to release your print results to NYSED OSPRA. If you were printed for daycare or as a bus driver, you have to be fing
