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Chancellor’s Regulation
A-501
Addendum #5
Page 1 of 1
Promotion
Standards – Grade 9-12
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General Education and
Special Education Students
a
and ALL English Language
Learners |
|
Grade |
Coursework/ Exams |
Minimum Credits |
Attendance |
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9 |
Successful completion of
standards in academic
subject areas |
8 |
90% |
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10 |
Meet NYC Performance
Standards in
Language Arts, Math,
Science |
20
including 4 in English
and/or ESL and 4 in Social Studies |
90% |
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11 |
Successful completion of
standards in academic
subject areas |
28 (30 for students who
first enter grade 9 in or after the 2004-2005 school
year) |
90% |
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12
b |
Passing Grade in 5
Regents Exams
c
English, Math, Global
History, U.S. History, and
Science |
44d |
90% |
Note 1:
Special education students whose Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
specify that they will not participate in state and local assessments will not
be held to these promotion standards. Students whose IEPs specify that they will
participate in state and local assessments, with or without modifications, will
either be held to this Regulation’s promotion standards if their IEPs
specifically adopts them or be held to a modified promotion standard as
specified in their IEPs.
Note 2:
All ELLs, excepting those with disabilities eligible for safety net provision,
must pass Regents comprehensive examination in English who first entered Grade 9
in or after September 1996. All ELLs, excepting those with disabilities eligible
for safety net provision, who first entered Grade 9 in September 1999 must pass
Regents exams in math, global history and geography, US History & government,
and science.
a
Special education students include students in
general education with supplemental aids and services (e.g., related services,
special education teacher support services, team teaching) and students in
self-contained classes and home/hospital instruction.
b
See Addendum 3 of this Regulation regarding Regents examination requirements.
c As
per the State Education Department, special education students who fail Regents
examinations must pass the Regents Competency Test in that subject area.
d
For students entering grade 9 in and prior to September 2000, 40 credits are
needed to graduate.
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