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这 多种文凭途径联盟, coordinated by AFC, urged NYSED and the Board of Regents to take immediate action to decouple Regents exams from graduation requirements while the work of the State’s Graduation Measures Initiative is pending.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to new State 指导 strongly encouraging school districts to provide over-age high school students the opportunity to return to school next year to finish meeting requirements for a high school diploma, diploma endorsement or exit credential.
100 多个教育和倡导组织致信纽约州董事会和州教育部，敦促这些州再次为今年已经超龄的 21 岁学生提供在 2021-22 学年重返高中学习的机会。
这 多种文凭途径联盟 wrote to the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and the Board of Regents, urging them to take immediate action to ensure that no student loses the chance to finish high school due to the pandemic.
As students returned to remote or hybrid learning in fall 2020, the 多种文凭途径联盟 urged State education officials to extend COVID-19 exemptions to Regents exams through the 2020–21 school year so that high school students and educators could focus on preparing for students’ future success rather than preparing for high-stakes tests. In December, over 1,000 individuals from around New York State signed a petition joining in this request.
纽约儿童权益倡导者 (AFC) 执行董事 Kim Sweet 针对以下问题发表了以下声明： 新的国家指导 强烈鼓励学区为超龄高中生提供明年重返学校的机会，以完成毕业要求并为高中毕业做好准备。
This June 2020 policy brief shows that there are approximately 3,700 students in New York State who will age out of school this year and lose their chance to earn a diploma. They are disproportionately students of color, students with disabilities, and English Language Learners. The brief and an accompanying sign-on letter call on the State Education Department to issue guidance directing districts to allow all students aging out of school without a diploma to return to high school next year.
纽约州教育和倡导组织、以及来自全州五十多名家长和教师向纽约州教育委员会和州教育部门发出联名信，敦促他们允许今年即将离校的学生在2020-21学年重返高中，以免因COVID-19而失去获得高中毕业文凭的机会。.
纽约儿童权益倡导组织 (AFC) 执行董事 Kim Sweet 针对六月摄政考试的取消和发布 指导 纽约州教育局（NYSED）修改了受影响学生的毕业要求。
In the face of unprecedented school closures due to COVID-19, the 多种文凭途径联盟 (coordinated by AFC) urged State education officials to suspend exit exam requirements for students otherwise eligible to graduate in 2020.