Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements

Minimum Graduation Requirements

 

 

 

*Students may choose to substitute a 5-credit sequence in occupational education or Fine Arts for their Foreign Language requirement.

 

**This requirement begins with the 2009 freshman cohort**

 

 

 

Testing Requirements

 

 

Entering 9th class	Local Diploma	Regents Diploma	Advanced Regents Diploma
2003 & 2004	Score of 55-64 on 5 required Regents exams.	Score of 65 or above on 5 required Regents exams.	Score of 65 or above on 8 required Regents exams.
2005	Score of 65 on 2 required Regents exams and 55 or above on 3 required Regents exams	Score of 65 or above on 5 required Regents exams.	Score of 65 or above on 8 required Regents exams.
2006	Score of 65 on 3 required Regents exams and 55 or above on 2 required Regents exams.	Score of 65 or above on 5 required Regents exams.	Score of 65 or above on 8 required Regents exams.
2007	Score of 65 on 4 required Regents exams and 55 or above on 1 required Regents exam.	Score of 65 or above on 5 required Regents exams.	Score of 65 or above on 8 required Regents exams.
2008	No local diploma option. ***	Score of 65 or above on 5 required Regents exams	Score of 65 or above on 8/9 required Regents exams.
2009 & thereafter	No local diploma option***	Score of 65 or above on 5 required Regents exams	Score of 65 or above on 9 required Regents exams.

 

***Students with disabilities, entering 9^th grade in 2009 & thereafter, who score 55-64 on any of the required Regents exams may still earn a local diploma.  In addition, students with disabilities who fail one or more Regents examinations and who pass the corresponding Regents Competency Test (RCT) will receive a local diploma.

 

 

Required Exams for certain diplomas:

 

Regents Diploma

Students must score a 65 or higher on the following exams:

• Math A or Integrated Algebra
• One Science (Biology, Earth Science, Physics or Chemistry)
• Global History & Geography
• Comprehensive English
• United States History & Government

 

Advanced Regents Diploma

Students must score a 65 or higher on the following exams:

• Mathematics A* or Integrated Algebra
• Three (3) or Two (2) in Mathematics (Integrated Algebra or Math A*, and Geometry, and Algebra 2/Trigonometry) or (Mathematics A* and Mathematics B* or Algebra 2/Trigonometry)
• Two Science (at least 1 in life science and 1 in physical science)
• Global History & Geography
• Comprehensive English
• United States History & Government
• Language Other Than English (unless exempt through an IEP or using a 5-unit sequence substitution provision)

 

*Students may take these examinations to meet diploma requirements while they are still being administered.  These examinations are being phased out as follows:

 

·        Last administration of the Regents Examination in Mathematics A is January 2009

·        Last administration of the Regents Examination in Mathematics B is June 2010

 

 

Diploma with Honors Designation

 

In order to earn honors designation, a student will achieve an average of 90% in all Regents exams required for the diploma.  Honors may be awarded for either the Regents diploma or the Advanced Regents diploma.  Averages below 90% shall not be rounded upward to 90%.