NYS Regulations for Credit

New York State Regulations for Awarding Credit
via Online or Blended Learning Coursework

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Credit by Examination (NYS Regulation 100.5.D.1)	Making Up Incomplete or Failed Course Credit (NYS Regulation 100.5.D.8)	Credit for Independent Study Courses (NYS Regulation 100.5.D.9)	Credit for Online or Blended Courses (NYS Regulation 100.5.D.10)	Credit for the CDOS Pathway (NYS Regulation 100.5.D.11)
Types of Courses Eligible: All courses culminating in a Regents Exam or other State-developed or State-approved assessment	Types of Courses Eligible: All Courses	Types of Courses Eligible: Elective Courses only	Types of Courses Eligible: All Courses	Types of Courses Eligible: BOCES CTE Credit Registered work-based learning program (see page 12 of the WBL manual)
Maximum Credits Available: Maximum of 6.5 Credits	Maximum Credits Available: No Limit	Maximum Credits Available: Maximum of (3) Elective Credits	Maximum Credits Available: No Limit	Maximum Credits Available: Up to 2 credits for registered WBL programs Standard BOCES CTE Credits
Completion Requirements: Demonstrate Mastery by scoring at least 85% or equivalent as determined by the Commissioner on a State-developed or State-approved assessment.	Completion Requirements: The student must demonstrate mastery, including passing Regents exam in the subject or other assessment required for graduation, if applicable.	Completion Requirements: The student must demonstrate mastery.	Completion Requirements: The student must demonstrate mastery, including passing Regents exam in the subject and/or other assessment in the subject if required for earning a diploma.	Completion Requirements: Career Plan. AND... Employability Profile AND... Mastery of Commencement-Level CDOS Standards AND... 216 hours of CTE Coursework and/or WBL (at least 54 of those hours must be WBL). OR... student must pass a national Work Readiness Exam approved by NYSED.
Additional Regulation Requirements: The student passes an oral examination or successfully completes a special project to demonstrate proficiency, in such knowledge, skills, and abilities normally developed in the course but not measured by the relevant Regents examination or State-approved examination. (See Part 11.2.f for more on Alternative Assessments)	Additional Regulation Requirements: Satisfactorily address the student's course completion deficiencies and individual needs. AND... Ensure the student receives equivalent, intensive instruction in the subject matter area. AND... Courses include regular and substantive interaction between the student and the teacher providing instruction and/or supervision.	Additional Regulation Requirements: The student has demonstrated readiness and has a high likelihood of success. AND... The student has accumulated the expected number of units of credit for the student's grade level. AND... The student has passed the appropriate number of Regents examinations or other assessments required for graduation, for the student's grade level.	Additional Regulation Requirements: Instruction must satisfy the unit of study and unit of credit requirements in NYS Commissioner's Regulations Part 100.1(a) and (b) AND... Courses include regular and substantive interaction between the student and the teacher providing direction and/or supervision.	Additional Regulation Requirements: Standalone certificate to exit high school (not a diploma -- student can return to school to work toward a diploma until the age of 21.) If used as a pathway for graduation, it can replace one history Regents.
Requirement of Course Content: None.	Requirement of Course Content: Satisfactorily address the student's course completion deficiencies and individual needs. AND... Ensure the student receives equivalent, intensive instruction in the subject matter area.	Requirement of Course Content: A syllabus must be kept on file for each independent study course...AND Course is academically rigorous and aligned to NYS commencement-level Learning Standards... AND Schools have the flexibility to align unique and/or rare subjects to related standards...AND Comparable to scope and quality to classwork done in the school building.	Requirement of Course Content: Course is aligned with the applicable NYS Learning Standards for the subject area.	Requirement of Course Content: Course is aligned with the CDOS Learning Standards.
Local District Determination Requirements: to be determined by the superindentent, designee, or chief administrative officer (see NYS Commissioner's Regulation 100.5.d.1)	Local District Internal Committee Requirements: Approval through school-based panel consisting of (at a minimum) a Principal, Teacher in the subject area, and Guidance director or other administrator.	Local District Internal Committee Requirements: Approval through school-based panel consisting of (at a minimum) a Principal, Teacher in the subject area, and Guidance director or other administrator.	Local District Internal Committee Requirements: None.	Local District Internal Committee Requirements: WBL Opportunities. Who completes the Career Plan and Employability Profile? Which Option 2 exam to use?
Teacher-Student Interaction Requirements: None specified in the regulations.	Teacher-Student Interaction Requirements: Must include regular, substantive interaction with supervising teacher.	Teacher-Student Interaction Requirements: None specified in the regulations.	Teacher-Student Interaction Requirements: Must include regular, substantive interaction with supervising teacher.	Teacher-Student Interaction Requirements: Determination of emplyability skills in WBL opportunities to complete Employability Profile.
Teacher Certification Requirements: Not Applicable (student passes an oral examination or successfully completes a special project to demonstrate proficiency as determined by the principal.)	Teacher Certification Requirements: Under the direction and/or supervision of a NYS-certified teacher in the subject area AND employed by NYS school district or BOCES. OR... Teacher in the subject area in a registered nonpublic or charter school.	Teacher Certification Requirements: Overseen by a teacher knowledgeable and experienced in the subject area of the independent study.	Teacher Certification Requirements: Under the direction and/or supervision of a NYS-certified teacher in the subject area AND employed by NYS school district or BOCES or by a NYS school district under a shared service agreement. OR... Teacher in the subject area in a registered nonpublic or charter school.	Teacher Certification Requirements: Only CTE Teachers can teach coursework unless certified as a WBL coordinator.