<p>From the NY Department of Education web site:</p>
<p>6) All students first entering grade nine in 1985 and thereafter shall earn four units of credit in social studies in accordance with the following:</p>
<p>(i) Such requirement shall include one unit of credit in American history;</p>
<p>(ii) Such requirement shall include one half unit of credit in participation in government and one half unit of credit in economics or their equivalent.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/part100/pages/1005a.html[/url]”>http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/part100/pages/1005a.html</a></p>