Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, the department will no longer be collecting course (BEDS assignments) directly from teachers using the Teacher Access and Authorization (TAA) application. All educator data will be reported directly by school districts, charter schools and BOCES using the Student Information Repository System (SIRS). Teachers will no longer need to create accounts, submit or review data from the department.

Teacher Access and Authorization

Teacher Access and Authorization (TAA)


TAA is no longer in use.

Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, the department will no longer be collecting course (BEDS assignments) directly from teachers using the Teacher Access and Authorization (TAA) application. Teachers will no longer need to create accounts, submit or review data from the department.

For Administrators

All educator data will be reported directly by school districts, charter schools and BOCES using the Student Information Repository System (SIRS). For more information, please view the guidance on SIRS.