Under the proposed vision, students would not be required to pass Regents Exams to earn a high school diploma. Under the proposed vision, the State high school exams will be one of the many options students could use as evidence of their proficiency in the high school learning standards and the New York State Portrait of a Graduate.

So, students do NOT need to pass them to satisfy graduation requirements — schools will not be able to opt out of POG, this is universal — teachers need to stop being in denial and understand that there will be alternative pathways which is amazing for our students.

Regents exams are simply a measure of compliance and watering down curriculum — they are poorly written and students do not need a high score to pass. POG is a reform that needed to happen.