Amendments passed at the board’s June meeting last week clear barriers for students that may have prevented them from meeting diploma requirements or from collecting diplomas.
Students who pass their course this year but fail or miss a Regents exam due to illness, injury or quarantine, could still earn a diploma under a new state proposal.
New York abruptly canceled the Regents exam in U.S. History and Government, saying content in the test could compound student trauma after Buffalo shootings.