New York will join its neighbors, New Jersey and Connecticut, mandating climate change education for all K-12 schools.
The Board of Regents, New York’s agency that oversees the state’s Education Department and supervises education policies, introduced an amendment this week that would implement climate education as a high school graduation requirement.
Back in July, the Board of Regents approved the “portrait of a graduate,” a framework redefining graduation requirements as the state moves away from relying on Regents exams by the 2027-28 school year. The climate change classes will be a new graduation requirement for high schools…