The Board of Regents also approved the state Education Department’s plan to cancel all but four of the June Regents exams in the absence of a federal waiver. Only the algebra I, ELA, living environment and earth science Regents exams will be administered, because they fulfill a federal mandate to test high school students at least once in ELA, science and math. Students enrolled in those four classes will still be exempt from passing the exam to graduate. State education officials have indicate that no student will be required to come into a building to take an assessment., and all amendments are designed to reflect the fact that instruction has not been even across the state this year.