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Students and Graduation Credits August 17, 2004 Commissioner's Regulations 100.5 (d)(5)(i)-(v) address the granting of units of credit to students who enter a New York State high school from another state, another country, or another New York State school. Students who have been receiving home instruction and enroll in a school would also be considered transfer students. The following questions and answers give information regarding who receives, evaluates and grants the credits and from what exams transfer students are exempt. Who evaluates and grants transfer credit for students enrolling in a New York State high school? The principal of a high school evaluates the transcript or other records of a transfer student enrolling in a New York State high school and awards the appropriate units of transfer credit towards a high school diploma. When a student transfers from one registered New York State high school to another registered New York State high school, must the receiving high school accept all the high school credits earned by the student? Yes. The principal must grant transfer credit for all credit awarded by any registered New York State high school. Can a student earn transfer credit for work done at other educational or cultural institutions and for work done through independent study? Yes. The principal, after consulting with relevant faculty, can award transfer credit for work done at other educational and cultural institutions and for work done through independent study. The decision should be based on whether the student's record indicates that the work is consistent with New York State commencement level learning standards and is of comparable scope and quality to that which would have been done in the school awarding the credit. Must transfer students meet all the unit of credit requirements for a diploma? Yes. Principals, while they have considerable discretion in reviewing a student's record, cannot waive the units of credit requirements for a diploma. What are the assessment requirements for transfer students? The assessment requirements the student must meet to earn a diploma are based on the year in which the student entered grade 9 for the first time in New York State or in an out-of-state or out-of-country school. Must transfer students who are exempt from taking certain State assessments have their transcript and permanent records annotated Yes. Transfer students who are exempted from taking specific State assessments must have their transcripts and permanent records so annotated. What are the assessment requirements for a student who enters a registered New York State high school for the first time in grade 11 in the 2002-2003 school year and thereafter? To receive a high school diploma, the student must pass the Regents Comprehensive English Examination, a Regents Examination in Mathematics, a Regents Examination in United States History and Government, and a Regents Examination in Science, or approved alternatives. The principal may exempt a student from the requirement to pass a Regents Examination in Global History and Geography which ordinarily would be taken and passed before the date of the student's entry. What are the assessment requirements for a student who enters a registered New York State high school for the first time in grade 12 in the 2004-2005 school year and thereafter? To receive a high school diploma, the student must pass the Regents Comprehensive Examination in English, a Regents Examination in Mathematics, a Regents Examination in United States History and Government, or approved alternative assessments. The principal may exempt a student from the requirement for the Regents Examination in Science and the Regents Examination in Global History and Geography which ordinarily would be taken and passed before the date of the student's entry. Are there any other exemptions that a principal may grant to a transfer student? Yes. A student transferring between high schools in grade 11 or 12 may be exempt from the second language requirements of three units of credit in one language for a Regents diploma with advanced designation if the language in which the student began a second language sequence in grade 9 or 10 is not offered in the school to which the student has transferred. In such cases, the student shall complete three units of credit in second languages but not necessarily in a single language. Source: The New York State Education Department 49018 |
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