Diploma Requirements

Can only be awarded to students if they are identified by the Committee on Special Education.

Awarded to all students who complete at least 22 credits and achieve satisfactory scores on the required Regents exam as detailed in the chart below. A Regents diploma will be required for students entering grade 9 in 2008 and thereafter unless they are identified by the Committee on Special Education.

Awarded to students who complete all the course and testing requirements of a Regents Diploma plus the following additional requirements: (a) Foreign language - at least 3 credits in the same foreign language plus a score of at least 65 on the comprehensive foreign language exam or a 5 unit sequence in art, music, career technical education or technology, (b) two additional Regents examinations in Math (Geometry and Algebra II), and (c) a Second Regents examination in Science. One exam must be Living Environment and the second can be any of the Physical Sciences (Earth Science, Chemistry or Physics).

Awarded to students who complete all requirements of the Regents diploma and achieve an average of at least 90 for all Regents exams.

Awarded to students who complete all requirements of the Regents diplomas with Advanced Designation and achieve an average of at least 90 for all Regents exams.