Effective September 1, 2003, the Commissioner of the New York State Education Department will no longer issue temporary licenses.
As of September 2001, there is a new Core Curriculum and corresponding statewide exam for high school physics in the state of New York.
Beginning in 2004, certified physics teachers will be required to have a minimum of 30 semester hours of physics. This will make it difficult for
science teachers to get physics as a second certification.
New High School Graduation
requirements will push more students into physics in
high school. Many schools that
have a chemistry or earth
science teacher teach one section of physics will now need a
full-time physics teacher.