Regents rule change aids special education
Photo credit: Randee Daddona | 70 students at Stuyvesant High School in New York City were found cheating on a NY State Regents Examination. (July 9, 2012)
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The state is widening its academic safety net for thousands of special education students on Long Island and across New York who now must take Regents exams in order to earn regular high school diplomas.
Under a rules change approved Tuesday by a Board of Regents committee, students with disabilities who score 45 through 54 out of a possible 100 on a state Regents exam still may qualify for...
