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2025<\/h2>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_accordion","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_accordion":{"panels":[{"title":"Coalition Submits Testimony on the 2025\u20132026 State Education Budget Proposal","content":"The Coalition submitted testimony<\/a> urging the Legislature to ensure that the final budget includes funding to support implementation of the New York State Education Department\u2019s work to create a more equitable graduation framework."},{"title":"Coalition Urges New York State to Accelerate the Timeline for Adopting NY Inspires","content":"In January, the Coalition sent a letter<\/a> to the New York State Education Department and the Board of Regents, urging them to accelerate the timeline for adopting NY Inspires, the plan for transforming New York\u2019s graduation framework in response to the work of the Blue Ribbon Commission. The letter also strongly recommends the State immediately<\/em> decouple Regents exams from graduation requirements, rather than waiting until fall 2027."}],"settings":{"":null,"settings":""}}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

2023<\/h2>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_accordion","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_accordion":{"panels":[{"title":"Coalition Calls on Blue Ribbon Commission to Rethink the Role of Regents Exams","content":"As the Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Measures develops its recommendations, the Coalition joined more than 80 advocacy organizations, educators, and families from across New York State in releasing a research brief<\/a>\u00a0calling on the State to end the practice of requiring students to pass five Regents exams in order to graduate from high school."}],"settings":{"":null,"settings":["disable-top-padding"]}}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

2022<\/h2>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_accordion","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_accordion":{"panels":[{"title":"Coalition Issues Recommendations for Graduation Measures Blue Ribbon Commission","content":"The Coalition issued recommendations<\/a> to the State\u2019s Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Measures as they consider graduation requirements and how to measure students\u2019 readiness for post-secondary life."},{"title":"Coalition Releases Petition from More than 1,200 New Yorkers Calling for a New Approach to Graduation Requirements","content":"The Coalition released a petition<\/a> signed by more than 1,200 New Yorkers, calling on State leaders to permanently decouple Regents exams from graduation requirements, a practice which currently makes New York State an outlier in the US."},{"title":"Coalition Submits Comments on Special Appeal to Earn a Diploma","content":"The Coalition submitted comments<\/a> to the State Education Department regarding the special appeal to earn diplomas with a lower score on Regents exams taken in the 2021-22 or 2022-23 school year. We are pleased that this measure will open the door to college and career pathways for some students who might otherwise leave high school without a diploma and help more young people to graduate when they have passed Regents-level courses and demonstrated mastery of State standards. We also made suggestions for strengthening the regulations and continued to strongly urge the State to immediately decouple exit exams from graduation requirements, as the vast majority of states have done."},{"title":"Coalition Urges Immediate Action on June 2022 Regents Exam Exemptions for Graduation","content":"Following announcements that January 2022 Regents exams would not be required for graduation due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Coalition sent a letter<\/a> calling on NYSED and the Board of Regents to immediately waive June 2022 Regents exams as individual students\u2019 graduation requirements and, instead, allow students to graduate if they have met their coursework requirements for those classes."}],"settings":{"":null,"settings":["disable-top-padding"]}}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

2021<\/h2>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_accordion","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_accordion":{"panels":[{"title":"Coalition Calls for immediate Decoupling of Regents exams from Graduation as State Reconsiders Graduation Measures","content":"In October 2021, NYSED\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that its Graduation Measures initiative would be resume after a 21-month pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with plans to culminate in recommendations by summer 2024. In response,\u00a0the Coalition urged NYSED and the Board of Regents to take immediate action<\/a>\u00a0decoupling Regents exams from graduation requirements while the work of the initiative is pending.\u00a0 As the\u00a0letter\u00a0explains, this action would bring New York State into step with the vast majority of states that use ESSA-mandated accountability assessments to measure school performance but not to determine individual students\u2019 readiness for graduation."},{"title":"250+ Organizations & Individuals Urge NYS to Protect Graduation Opportunities for Students Turning 21 During COVID-19","content":"In March, Coalition members joined more than 100 education and advocacy organizations and over 150 parents, educators, and other individuals from across New York State in a\u00a0sign-on letter<\/a>\u00a0to the Board of Regents and the State Education Department, urging them to\u00a0extend guidance from June 2020<\/a>\u00a0to give students aging out of school in 2020-21 the opportunity to return to high school for the 2021-22 school year, rather than lose their chance to earn a high school diploma because of COVID-19.\u00a0The following month, State officials released this\u00a0memo<\/a>\u00a0strongly encouraging districts to allow 21-year-olds return in 2021-22 if they need more time to finish earning a diploma, diploma endorsement, or exit credential."},{"title":"Coalition Calls for Immediate Action to ensure that no student loses the chance to graduate due to COVID-19","content":"In January 2021, the State Education Department announced that it would seek a Federal waiver allowing New York State to cancel Regents exams in June and August 2021 because it will not be possible to fairly or equitably administer these tests.\u00a0 The Coalition thanked the Board of Regents and the State Education Department for this decision and called upon the Board to take additional, immediate action to ensure that no student loses the chance to finish high school due to COVID-19.\u00a0Among other things, the Coalition\u00a0recommended<\/a>\u00a0that New York State immediately extend COVID-19 exemptions to Regents exam graduation requirements through August 2021.\u00a0 In March, the Board of Regents\u00a0approved COVID-19 exemptions<\/a>\u00a0to allow students to graduate without taking Regents exams during the Pandemic."}],"settings":{"":null,"settings":["disable-top-padding"]}}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

2020<\/h2>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_accordion","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_accordion":{"panels":[{"title":"The Coalition Urges New York State to Extend COVID-19 Regents Exam Exemptions in 2020-21","content":"In response to calls from the Coalition, the Board of Regents, in Spring 2020, approved\u00a0COVID-19 exemptions to Regents exams<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0other high-stakes tests required to graduate from high school. As many students returned to remote or hybrid learning again in 2020-21, the Coalition urged State education officials to extend these COVID-19 waivers to graduation requirements through the 2020-21 school year so that high school students and educators could focus on preparing for students\u2019 future success rather than preparing for high-stakes tests.\u00a0 Read the\u00a0August letter<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0October letter<\/a>.\u00a0 In December, over 1, 1,000 individuals from around New York State \u2014 including more than 100 students, 650 parents, and 249 educators \u2014 had\u00a0signed a petition<\/a>\u00a0joining in this request."},{"title":"Coalition Members Join with 100+ Organizations to Urge New York State to Protect Graduation Opportunities for Students Aging Out During COVID-19","content":"In May and June, members of the Coalition joined with over 100 education and advocacy organizations and more than five dozen parents and educators from across New York State to urge the New York State Education Department and Board of Regents to give students aging out of school in June 2020 the opportunity to return to high school for the 2020-21 school year, rather than lose their chance to earn a high school diploma because of COVID-19. Read the letters from May<\/a> and June<\/a>. Shortly thereafter, the NYSED issued this\u00a0memo<\/a>\u00a0strongly encouraging schools across the state to allow 21-year-old students to return for summer school and, if necessary, attend school in the 2020-21 year, to complete their education."},{"title":"The Coalition Urges New York State to Suspend Regents Exam Requirements for 2020 Graduates","content":"In the face of unprecedented school closures due to COVID-19, the Coalition\u00a0urged State education officials<\/a>\u00a0to suspend exit exam requirements for students otherwise eligible to graduate in 2020."}],"settings":{"":null,"settings":["disable-top-padding"]}}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

2019<\/h2>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_accordion","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_accordion":{"panels":[{"title":"The Coalition Makes Recommendations for Blue Ribbon Commission and Releases One-Page Research Summary","content":"In November 2019, the Board of Regents and State Education Department launched Phase 1 of a two-year plan to reexamine graduation requirements in New York State, including\u00a0plans to convene a Blue Ribbon Commission<\/a>\u00a0in 2020. In response, the Coalition released a\u00a0list of recommendations<\/a> for creating a graduation framework that is fair, comprehensible, and accessible to all students. The Coalition also released a\u00a0one-page research summary\u00a0in support of our recommendation that New York State decouple Regents exams from graduation requirements."},{"title":"The Coalition Submits Study Questions for Newly-Announced Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Requirements","content":"In response to Chancellor Rosa\u2019s announcement that New York State would form a Blue Ribbon Commission to re-examine high school graduation requirements, the Coalition submitted a list of stakeholder groups and\u00a0study questions<\/a> that are critical to consider as the state works to identify graduation requirements that are comprehensible, rigorous, and that meet the needs of all learners."}],"settings":{"":null,"settings":["disable-top-padding"]}}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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