ny-EDU-39-26-00031-P: Requirements for earned degrees at institutions of higher educa- tion and minimum qualifications for degree conferral

I.D. No. EDU-39-26-00031-P PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Pro- cedureAct, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule: Proposed Action: Amendment of section 3.47 of Title 8 NYCRR. Statutory authority: Education Law, sections 207, 210, 214, 215, 218, 224 and 305 Subject: Requirements for earned degrees at institutions of higher educa- tion and minimum qualifications for degree conferral. Purpose: Adds and clarifies options for students to demonstrate eligibility for degree conferral. Text of proposed rule: Paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of section 3.47 of the Rules of the Board of Regents is amended to read as follows: (2) No earned degree shall be conferred unless the candidate has met the requirements of subparagraphs (i) or (ii) of this paragraph. (i) Candidates who are of compulsory school age, pursuant to sec- tion 3205 of the Education Law or other requirement of law, shall provide the degree-granting institution with satisfactory evidence of meeting one of the following requirements: (a) holding a New York State high school diploma or the equiva- lent from the student’s jurisdiction at the time of graduation; [or] (b) having completed the substantial equivalent of a four-year high school course, through home instruction pursuant to section 100.10 of this Title, as certified by the superintendent of schools or comparable chief school administrator of the candidate’s school district of residence at the time such course was completed[.]; or (c) graduation from a high school deemed to offer substantial equivalency of instruction pursuant to Part 130 of this Title. Provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to graduation from a high school deemed to offer substantial equivalency of instruction solely under the provisions of section 3204(6)(b)(iii) of the Education Law. (ii) Candidates who are beyond compulsory school age, pursuant to section 3205 of the Education Law or other requirement of law[.], shall provide the degree-granting institution with satisfactory evidence of meet- ing one of the following requirements: (a) holding a New York State high school diploma or the equiva- lent from the student’s jurisdiction at the time of graduation; (b) having completed the substantial equivalent of a four-year high school course, through home instruction pursuant to section 100.10 of this Title, as certified by the superintendent of schools or comparable chief school administrator of the candidate’s school district of residence at the time such course was completed; (c) graduation from a high school deemed to offer substantial equivalency of instruction pursuant to Part 130 of this Title. Provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to graduation from a high school deemed to offer substantial equivalency of instruction solely under the provisions of section 3204(6)(b)(iii) of the Education Law; (d) possession of a high school diploma, or the equivalent thereof, from an online high school progra