Coronavirus: No Regents Exams In June, State Ed Says

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The year's Regents exams have been canceled and student who were supposed to take them will not have to make up the missed exam. The state Education Department announced the change Tuesday.

On Monday, the Board of Regents announced the cancellation of the Regents exams due to the effect on state school districts because of the new coronavirus outbreak.

With the cancellation of the 2020 Regents exams, the education department also modified the requirements students must meet in order to earn high school diplomas, credentials and endorsements.

The changes apply to all students enrolled in grades seven through 12 during the 2019-20 school year who were intending to participate in one or more of the June 2020 Regents exams.

The education department posted the following on its website:

Students who, during the June 2020 examination period would have taken one or more Regents examinations, will be exempted from passing the assessments in order to be issued a diploma. To qualify for the exemption, students must meet one of the following eligibility requirements:

• The student is currently enrolled in a course of study culminating in a Regents examination and will have earned credit in such course of study by the end of the 2019-20 school year; or
• The student is in grade 7, is enrolled in a course of study culminating in a Regents examination and will have passed such course of study by the end of the 2019-20 school year; or
• The student is currently enrolled in a course of study culminating in a Regents examination and has failed to earn credit by the end of the school year. Such student returns for summer instruction to make up the failed course and earn the course credit and is subsequently granted diploma credit in August 2020; or
• The student was previously enrolled in the course of study leading to an applicable Regents examination, has achieved course credit, and has not yet passed the associated Regents examination but intended to take the test in June 2020 to achieve a passing score.

The education department said it will develop guidance on how school and districts should record the exemptions from exam requirements. Student transcripts should not reflect an exam score for an exam for which the student is exempted.

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