Applicants for personnel licenses (agents, directors, teachers) should be mindful that the application fee is for an evaluation of the application, and not the license itself. BPSS will not waive or refund application fees if an applicant is denied a license. This includes teacher applicants that apply for the wrong license type. Applicants for personnel licenses should consult the BPSS website to ensure their background and education meets the qualifications of the license they are seeking, and that they have documentation of these requirements to attach to the application before applying. BPSS presumes that email notices are received by applicants unless they are returned or marked as undeliverable by BPSS’ email server.
BPSS is reminding schools that all curricula over 100 hours will be subject to a $250 new curriculum application fee and curriculum renewal application fee, per Education Law 5002(5).
Courses of less than 100 hours are subject to a $100 new curriculum application fee or, in some cases, a $100 curriculum renewal fee. Schools are required to pay this fee in order to move the application to a review status, therefore allowing BPSS to perform the required evaluation.
Any past waivers of this fee requirement are not considered acceptable justification for future fee waivers.
Questions should be directed by email only to: BPSSCurriculum@nysed.gov .