The proposed timeline means that current ninth graders would not be required to pass New York State Regents exams to graduate ...

The Board of Regents ... Studies topic. That could include a paper on how to solve a current, real-world problem. Other students could use art, performances, presentations or course-specific projects.

Regents exams have been administered, in one form or another, since 1865. Supporters of the plan say the switch would allow ...

Either they could qualify for diplomas by passing traditional Regents ... in English, math, history and the sciences — in ...