The COVID-19 pandemic has led the State Education Department to cancel the Regents Exams for January, 2021. The DOE says there’s no way they can safely and fairly administer the tests statewide. No decision has been made yet for the scheduled June and August exams.
The DOE says it will ask the Board of Regents to develop emergency rules for students planning to take Regents exams, exempting them from passing the test to earn their diplomas.