{"id":349488,"date":"2026-09-17T18:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349488\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:46:23","slug":"ny-education-officials-get-greenlight-to-overhaul-graduation-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349488\/","title":{"rendered":"NY education officials get greenlight to overhaul graduation requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pexels-andy-barbour-6683676-scaled-e1789661376250.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1536\" class=\"wp-image-0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>State education officials get greenlight to overhaul graduation requirements<\/p>\n<p>State education officials get greenlight to overhaul graduation requirements<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/author\/david-lombardo\/\" title=\"Posts by David Lombardo\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Lombardo<\/a>Published On: September 17th, 2026Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/category\/pressroom\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Pressroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 17, 2026 \u2013 State education officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysed.gov\/news\/2026\/nysed-advances-next-phase-ny-inspires-education-transformation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have set an expiration date<\/a> on the importance of the Regents exams for graduating high school, but what comes next is still a work in progress. We discuss concerns about the ambitious timeline with <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/?s=Patrick+Mannion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Mannion<\/a>, an upstate member of the New York State Board of Regents.<\/p>\n<p>Listen On<\/p>\n<p> .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 30 !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}]]><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" 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