A district presenter told the board that New York INSPIRES would shift New York to a single diploma with seals and endorsements, proposing to decouple Regents exams from diploma requirements beginning with the class of 2028; many implementation details remain for local districts to define.

Presenters summarized New York State’s Portrait of a Graduate initiative: six graduate attributes, one universal diploma, decoupling Regents from the diploma beginning in fall 2027, and unresolved questions about alternate assessments and tracking for small districts.