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

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Q
Quality Assurance (VESID - Special Education) Albany: (518) 402-3353
NYC: (718) 722-4558
Quality Assurance (VESID - Vocational Rehabilitation) (518) 474-1711
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Rate Setting Unit - Special Education (518) 474-3227
Readers Aid (VESID) (518) 474-5652
Regents Examinations and Tests (518) 474-5099
Regents Health Care Scholarships (518) 486-1319
Regents Office (518) 474-5889
Regents Physician Loan Forgiveness Program (518) 486-1319
Regents Professional Opportunity Scholarships (518) 486-1319
Regional School Services (Serves all districts outside of NYC - Education reform/Low-performing schools/SURR schools/Coordinated Monitoring) (518) 474-5923
Registration - Collegiate Programs (518) 474-2593
Registration Review Visits Upstate: (518) 474-5283
NYC: (718) 722-2796
Rehabilitation Facilities (518) 474-2716
Research - Higher Education (518) 474-5091
Research & Evaluation (EMSC) (518) 474-4269
Research & Policy Development (Professions) (518) 474-3817 Ext. 470
Residency Requirements (Student) (518) 486-6090
Resource Center for the Visually Impaired (585) 343-8100
Respiratory Therapy (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships (518) 486-1319
Rural Schools Services (518) 474-5923
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S
SAE (Scholarship for Academic Excellence) (518) 486-1319
Safe and Drug-Free Schools (including tobacco use prevention) (518) 486-6090
Scholarship for Academic Excellence (SAE) (518) 486-1319
School Boards & Budgets (518) 474-6541
School Choice (nonpublic vouchers) (518) 474-3879
School District Organization (518) 474-3936
School District Profiles (Chapter 655) (518) 474-7965
School for the Blind - Batavia (585) 343-5384
School for the Deaf - Rome (315) 337-8400
School Operations and Management Services (518) 474-2238
School Support Services (518) 473-7155
School to Work (518) 486-1547
Schools Under Registration Review (SURR) Schools Upstate: (518) 474-5283
NYC: (718) 722-2796
Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) (518) 486-6042
Science Education (518) 474-5922
SETRC (Special Education Training and Resource Center Network) (518) 486-7462
Sex Education (518) 486-6090
Shared Decision Making (Section 100.11 of Commissioner's Regulations) (518) 473-7155
Sharing Success (518) 473-7155
Sheltered Employment (VESID) (518) 474-2716
Shorthand Reporting (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Site-based Management (518) 473-7155
Social Studies (518) 474-5922
Social Work (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Special Aids and STAC (System to Track & Account for Children) (518) 474-7116
Special Education - Data Collection (518) 486-4678
Special Education Early Intervention Services: Birth - 2 (518) 474-7566
Special Education - Policy Law & Regulations (518) 473-2878
Special Education: Preschool and School Age (518) 473-2878
Special Education Quality Assurance Albany: (518) 402-3353
NYC: (718) 722-4558
Special Education Services (518) 486-7584
Special Education Training and Resource Center Network (SETRC) (518) 486-7462
Speech-Language Pathology (Professions) (518) 474-3817
STAC (System to Track & Account for Children) (518) 474-7116
Staff and Curriculum Development Network (518) 474-5922
State Aid (518) 474-2977

Education Finance

 (518) 474-2977

Policy Development Workgroup

 (518) 486-2422

Regents Proposals

 (518) 474-2593
State Assessment (Administration) (518) 474-5099
State Assessment (Development) (518) 474-5900
State Assessment (Testing) (518) 474-5902
State Independent Living Advisory Council (518) 486-4038
State Professional Standards and Practice Board (518) 474-4661
State Rehabilitation Advisory Council (518) 473-4818
STEP (Science and Technology Entry Program) (518) 486-6042
Student Aid (Statistics - Higher Education) (518) 474-5091
Summer School (518) 486-6090
Summer School of the Arts (518) 474-8773
Supported Employment (VESID) (518) 474-7213
SURR (Schools Under Registration Review) Schools Upstate: (518) 474-5283
NYC: (718) 722-2796
Suspension/Discipline (Student) (518) 486-6090
System to Track & Account for Children (STAC) (518) 474-7116
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T
Teacher Centers (518) 473-1234
Teacher Certification (includes school administrators) (518) 474-3901
Teacher Discipline Unit (518) 473-2998
Teacher Education (College Programs) (518) 474-2593
Teacher/Leader Quality Partnerships in Higher Education (TLQP) (518) 486-6042
Teacher of the Year Program (518) 486-6042
Teacher Opportunity Corp (TOC) (518) 486-6042
Teacher Tenure Hearings (Employer-Employee Relations) (518) 474-3259
Teachers for Tomorrow (TOT) (518) 486-6042
Teaching Policy (518) 474-4661
Tech Prep Education (518) 486-1547
Technology (VESID) (518) 486-4609
Technology Education (518) 474-5922
Technology Policy (518) 486-1547
Testing (Professions-Examination) (518) 474-3817
Testing (Professions-Review & Scoring) (518) 474-3817
Testing (Professions-Test Administration) (518) 474-3817
Testing Programs (518) 474-5099
Theater Arts Education (518) 474-5922
Title II (518) 474-4661
TLQP (Teacher/Leader Quality Partnerships in Higher Education) (518) 486-6042
TOC (Teacher Opportunity Corp) (518) 486-6042
TOT (Teachers for Tomorrow) (518) 486-6042
Trade/Industrial/Technical Education (518) 474-5506
Training/Staff Development (VESID) (518) 474-7981
Transition Services for Students with Disabilities (518) 474-7566
Transition Services/Grant (VESID) (518) 474-7566
Transportation (School Bus) (518) 474-6541
Traumatic Brain Injury (518) 473-2878
Troops to Teachers (518) 474-4661
Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers (518) 486-6090
Twenty-First Century Schools (518) 473-7155
Two-Year Colleges (518) 474-2593
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Universal Pre-K Program (518) 474-5807
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V
Variances/Innovative Waivers to Part 200 of Commissioner's Regulations (518) 473-1185
Variances to Part 100 of Commissioner's Regulations - Public/Nonpublic Schools (518) 474-5922
Veteran's High School Diplomas Operation Recognition (518) 474-8940
Veterinary Medicine (Professions) (518) 474-3817
Violence Prevention in Schools (518) 486-6090
Visual Arts Education (518) 474-5922
Vocational and Technical Education Act (VTEA) Grants (518) 474-5313
Vocational and Technical Education Act (VTEA) Performance Standards (518) 474-5091
Vocational Education Grants (518) 486-1547
Vocational Rehabilitation Policy and State Plans (518) 474-3946
Vocational Rehabilitation Quality Assurance (518) 474-1711
VTEA (Vocational and Technical Education Act) Grants (518) 474-5705
VTEA (Vocational and Technical Education Act) Performance Standards (518) 474-5091
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W
Welfare Reform (518) 474-8940
Work Experience Program (518) 474-5506
Workforce Development (518) 474-8940
Workplace Literacy (518) 474-8940
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Youth At Risk & Community Partnership Program (518) 486-6090
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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.