Logo for the University of the State of New York (USNY), State Education Department
Our mission is to raise the knowledge, skill, and opportunity of all the people in New York.
Richard P. Mills, President of The University of the State of New York (USNY) and Commissioner of EducationSkip to Content
About SED and USNY | SED Calendar | Press Releases | Publications | Forms | Contact SED | Search SED | Topics A-Z | Open Meeting Webcasts | RSS News Feed Icon

Resources For:

Information about:

Portal

News Feed

Webcasts

 SED Home > Functional Phone Directory

NYSED Functional Telephone Directory

NYSED Interactive Voice Response Phone Number: (518) 474-3852

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Acronyms used within the New York State Education Department (NYSED) websites

A
Academic Intervention Services (AIS) Upstate: (518) 474-5923
NYC: (718) 722-2636
Academic Programs (Higher Education) (518) 474-1551
Academy for Teaching & Learning (518) 474-5922
Accountancy (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Accreditation of College Programs (518) 474-1551
Acupuncture (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Adolescent Vocational Exploration/Progressive Adolescent Vocational Exploration Programs
(AVE/PAVE)		 (518) 486-5202
Adult and Family Alternative Professional Development (518) 474-8940
Adult Education and Family Literacy (518) 474-8940
Agricultural Education (518) 474-5506
Aid to Independent Colleges (Bundy Aid) (518) 474-5091
AIDS Education (518) 486-6090
AI/DP (Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention) (518) 486-6090
AIS (Academic Intervention Services) Upstate: (518) 474-5923
NYC: (718) 722-2636
Alternative Assessment (EMSC) (518) 474-5902
Alternative Assessment (VESID) (518) 473-2878
Alternative Education (518) 486-1547
Alternative Teacher Certification Programs (518) 474-2593
Americans with Disabilities Act (VESID) (518) 474-1265
Anthropological Survey (518) 474-5816
Architecture (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Archives Operations, Director (518) 474-6926
Documentary Heritage Services
 (518) 474-6926
General Information (Reference)
 (518) 474-8955
Government Records Services
 (518) 474-6926

Grants Administration and Program Support

 (518) 474-6926
Public Programs and Outreach
 (518) 474-6926
Records Advisory Services
 (518) 474-6926

Records Service Development

 (518) 474-6926
Regional Advisory Services - Region 1  Brooklyn, NY
 (718) 923-4300
Regional Advisory Services - Region 3  Albany, NY
 (518) 485-6233
Regional Advisory Services - Region 4  Queensbury, NY
 (518) 798-5717
Regional Advisory Services - Region 5  Utica, NY
 (315) 793-2781
Regional Advisory Services - Region 6  Binghamton, NY
 (607) 721-8429
Regional Advisory Services - Region 7  Rochester, NY
 (585) 241-2827
Regional Advisory Services - Region 8 Buffalo, NY
 (716) 847-7903
Regional Advisory Services - Region 9  Poughkeepsie, NY
 (845) 485-2633
Regional Advisory Services - Region 10  Hauppauge, NY
 (631) 952-6864

Training and Publications

 (518) 474-6926
Archives Partnership Trust (518) 473-7091
Art Education (518) 474-5922
Arts in Education (518) 474-8773
Asbestos (518) 474-3906
Assessment (for State testing programs, see "Testing Programs") (518) 474-5902
Athletic Training Committee (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Attendance/Compulsory Education Laws (518) 486-6090
Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention (AI/DP) (518) 486-6090
Audiology (Professions) (518) 474-3817
AVE/PAVE (Adolescent Vocational Exploration/Progressive Adolescent Vocational Exploration) Program (518) 486-5202

[Top of Page]
B
Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) (518) 474-7965
BEDS (Basic Educational Data System) (518) 474-7965
Better Beginnings Award (518) 486-6042
Bilingual Categorical Programs (LEP Aid Part 154) (518) 474-8775
Bilingual Education Upstate: (518) 474-8775
NYC: (718) 722-2632
Bilingual Special Education (VESID) (518) 486-7462
Biological Survey (518) 474-5816
Blue Ribbon Schools (518) 473-7155
Board of Regents (518) 474-5889

Robert Bennett, Chancellor

 (716) 694-6783

Adelaide Sanford, Vice Chancellor

 (718) 722-2796

Anthony Bottar

 (315) 422-3466

Joseph Bowman, Jr.

 (518) 442-4987

Geraldine Chapey

 (718) 634-8471

Milton Cofield

 (585) 248-8494

Saul Cohen

 (914) 633-7889

Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez

 (516) 803-2133

James Dawson

 (518) 643-9289

Arnold Gardner

 (716) 845-6000

John Brademas

 (212) 998-2407

Carol Bellamy

 (917) 640-8394

Harry Phillips, 3rd

 (914) 948-2228

Roger Tilles

 (516) 364-2533

James Tallon, Jr.

 (212) 494-0777

Merryl Tisch

 (212) 879-9414
Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) (518) 474-3936
BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services) (518) 474-3936
Budgets (BOCES) (518) 474-3936
Budgets (School Board) (518) 474-6541
Building Aid (518) 474-2977
Bundy Aid (Aid to Independent Colleges) (518) 474-5091
Bus Driver Training (518) 474-6541
Bus Transportation (518) 474-6541
Business and Industry (VESID) (518) 473-7213
Business and Management Practices (School) (518) 474-6541
Business and Marketing Education (518) 474-5506
Byrd Scholarship Program (518) 486-1319
[Top of Page]
C
Calendar (School): http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/deputy/Documents/calendar.htm
CAR (Comprehensive Assessment Report) (518) 474-7965
Career Plans (518) 474-5506
Career and Technical Education (518) 474-5506
Career and Technical Student Organizations (518) 474-5506
Career, Technical and Alternative Education (518) 486-1547
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act (518) 486-1547
CDEP (Comprehensive District Education Planning) (518) 473-7155
CHAPS (Comprehensive Health and Pupil Services) (518) 486-6090
Chapter 655 Report (Annual Report on the Status of the State's Schools) (518) 474-7965
Charter Schools Upstate: (518) 474-1762
NYC: (718) 722-2796
Charters/Incorporations of Nonpublic Schools & Educational Institutions Serving Children Birth Through Grade 12 (518) 474-3879
Child Abuse and Neglect (518) 486-6090
Child Nutrition - Program Administration (518) 473-8781
Child Nutrition - Reimbursement (518) 474-3926
Chiropractic (Professions) (518) 474-3817
College Credit for Noncollegiate Instruction (518) 486-2070
College Evaluations (518) 474-2593
Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) (518) 486-6042
Commissioner's Advisory Panel for Special Education Services (518) 486-7584
Communications Office (518) 474-1201
Communications Officer (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Community Colleges (518) 474-2593
Community Schools Program Upstate: (518) 474-5283
Downstate: (718) 722-2781
Comparative Education (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Compensatory Education Upstate: (518) 473-0295
NYC: (718) 722-2636
Comprehensive Assessment Report (CAR) (518) 474-7965
Comprehensive District Education Planning (CDEP) (518) 473-7155
Comprehensive Health and Pupil Services (CHAPS) (518) 486-6090
Comprehensive School Health and Wellness (518) 486-6090
Construction Projects (518) 474-3906
Consumer Complaints (VESID) (518) 474-1711
Continuing Education (518) 474-8940
Corporal Punishment (518) 486-6090
CSTEP (Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program) (518) 486-6042
Curriculum -  General Education (518) 474-5922
Curriculum Guides/Syllabi (copies) (518) 474-3806
[Top of Page]
D
Dance Studies (518) 474-5922
Deafness/Hard of Hearing Issues (518) 486-3773 (TTY)
Dentistry (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Dietetics and Nutrition (Professions) (518) 474-3841
Disaster Preparedness (518) 474-3906
Distance Learning (EMSC) (518) 474-8940
Distance Learning (Higher Education) (518) 474-2593
District Office Administration (VESID) (518) 486-4064
District Superintendents (BOCES) (518) 474-8076
Doctoral Program Review (518) 474-1551
Dress Code (Schools) (518) 486-6090
Driver Education (518) 474-5922
[Top of Page]
E
Early Education and Reading Initiatives (518) 474-5807
Early Childhood Direction Centers (Special Education) (518) 486-7462
Early Childhood Education Upstate: (518) 474-5807
NYC: (718) 722-2647
EDGE (Education for Gainful Employment) (518) 474-8940
Education for Gainful Employment (EDGE) (518) 474-8940
Education Reform (see Regional and New York City School Services)
Education Television & Public Broadcasting (518) 474-5862
Educationally Related Support Services (ERSS) (518) 486-6090
Eisenhower Professional Development  (ESEA Title II) (518) 473-7155
Emergency Immigrant Education Program (EIEP) (518) 474-8775
Employment Certification (Working Papers) (518) 486-6090
Employment Preparation Education (EPE)  (518) 474-8940
Engineering (Professions) (518) 474-3817
English and Reading Education (518) 474-5922
English as a Second Language (ESL): K-12 (518) 474-8775
English for Speakers of Other Languages (Adult) (518) 474-8940
Environmental Education (518) 474-5922
Environmental Health and Safety (518) 474-3906
EPE (Employment Preparation Education)  (518) 474-8940
ERSS (Educationally Related Support Services) (518) 486-6090
ESEA Title I (Basic Grants/Neglected  or Delinquent/Nonpublic School Capital Expenses) (518) 473-0295
ESEA Title I (School Improvement) Upstate: (518) 473-0295
NYC: (718) 722-2636
ESEA Title II (Eisenhower Professional) (518) 473-7155
ESEA Title VI (Formerly Chapter 2) (518) 473-7155
ESEA Title VII - Bilingual Education (518) 474-8775
ESEA Title VII - Bilingual Education in NYC Schools (718) 722-2747
ESL (English as a Second Language): K-12 (518) 474-8775
Even Start (518) 474-5807
Extended Day/Violence Prevention Upstate: (518) 486-6090
NYC: (718) 722-2781
[Top of Page]
F
Facilities Planning (annual fire inspection; building permits; construction authority) (518) 474-3906
Fair Hearings (VESID) (518) 474-1711
Family & Consumer Sciences Education (518) 474-5506
Family Life Education (518) 486-6090
Family Literacy (518) 474-8940
Fingerprinting (Teachers and School Personnel) (518) 473-2998
Fire Safety Inspections (518) 474-3906
Food Management and Nutrition (School Lunch/School Breakfast/Milk Programs) (518) 473-8781
Foreign Language Education (518) 474-5922
Freedom of Information Requests (SED) (518) 474-1265 
(518) 474-6569
[Top of Page]
G
GED Customer Service (518) 474-5906
Geological Survey (518) 474-5816
Gifted and Talented Education (518) 474-8773
Graduation/Diploma Requirements (518) 474-5099
Grants Finance (518) 474-4815
Guidance Services (518) 486-6090
[Top of Page]
H
Health Education and Services (518) 486-6090
Health Occupations Education (518) 474-5506
HEDS (Higher Education Data Systems) (518) 474-5091
HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Programs) (518) 474-5705
Higher Education Data Systems (HEDS) (518) 474-5091
Higher Education Facilities Planning (518) 486-3633
Higher Education Finance (518) 486-3633
Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) (518) 474-5705
Higher Education Research (518) 474-5091
Higher Education Statewide Plan (518) 474-2593
Historical Survey (518) 474-5816
Home Instruction/Schooling (518) 474-3879
Homebound Instruction (518) 486-6090
Homeless Children and Youth Upstate: (518) 474-5283
NYC: (718) 722-2781
Technical Assistance: (631) 232-4064
[Top of Page]

Board of Regents | Disclaimer and Notices | Employment Opportunities | Internet Privacy and Security Policy | NYS Archives | NYS Library | NYS Museum | Office of Counsel | Office of Cultural Education | Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education (EMSC) | Office of Higher Education |  Office of Operations and Management Services | Office of the Professions | Office of State Review | Office of Vocational & Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) | Program Office Listing | Report Fraud, Abuse, and Waste

New York State Education Department
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12234

If you have a question or comment about any of the New York State Education Department program areas or topic areas,
please call (518) 474-3852 or check the NYSED Functional Telephone Directory at http://usny.nysed.gov/phone/ .
You can also visit the Contact SED page for further information.

For any questions regarding teacher certification, teacher certificates or teacher certificate extensions,
please go to http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/contact.htm or call (518) 474-3901

For individuals experiencing problems with the TEACH System,
please go to https://portals.nysed.gov/tcert/technical.htm or call (518) 486-6041

For questions regarding professional licenses, professional license applications, or verifications of professional licenses,
please call (518) 474-3817 or go to http://www.op.nysed.gov

For any questions regarding GED exams, GED diplomas, or verifications of GED degrees,
please call (518) 474-5906 or go to http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ged/contact.shtml

For individuals unable to access the State Aid Management System (SAMS),
please call the SAMS help desk at (518) 474-2978 or email omssams@mail.nysed.gov

For any questions regarding vocational rehabilitation,
please call (518) 486-4031 or go to  http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/all/contact.htm

If you are a person with a disability and you have a problem accessing the content on this web site,
please contact: webadmin@mail.nysed.gov or call (518) 473-4501. 

Please Note: The above listed phone number and/or email address is NOT to be used to request or inquire about professional licenses, student testing, teacher certification, teacher certificates, teacher certificate extensions, the TEACH system, education degrees (i.e. GED diplomas or high school/college transcripts), or any other NYSED program area or topic.