NYS Clause Requiring You to Pass BOTH the Course AND Regents Exam in order to Graduate

From the New York State Dept of education, for anyone who thinks he/she does not have to pass a course to graduate.  This is proof from the State that you cannot simply pass a regents Exam to get credit for a course & graduate.  Failed the class?  G to summer school.  You have been warned ALL.  YEAR.  LONG.  

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/sam/secondary/section6-15.pdf

SECTION SIX 

AWARDING OF CREDIT AND ISSUANCE OF REGENTS DIPLOMAS 

Awarding of Credit for Courses of Study:
 A course of study involves class attendance, homework assignments, quizzes, tests, and other instructional activities. In many instances it also involves the taking of a State exam at the end of the course. When deciding whether a student who is enrolled in a course of study has satisfactorily completed the course and is entitled to credit for such course, the teacher should evaluate the student’s performance on all these activities. In accordance with Section 100.5(a)(5)(v) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education (http://www.p12.nysed.gov/part100/home.html), passing the Regents Exam in a subject shall not be construed as having earned a unit of credit in that subject unless the student also passes the course as offered in a registered high school or meets the requirements for credit by exam. (See section below, Students Not Enrolled in Courses of Study.)