There are four items of interest to dentistry on the September 2026 New York State Board of Regents meeting agenda: 1) the approval of a new dental hygiene program at the Rome Campus of the Mohawk Valley Community College; 2) the reappointment of Ms. Audra Haynes [Dental Hygienist] for a five-year term as an extended member of the New York State Board for Dentistry [extended members are no longer full members of the State Board but are appointed for service on licensure disciplinary and/or licensure restoration and moral character panels]; 3) a presentation on the Regents process for submitting State Budget priorities; and 4) regulations to implement temporary charitable practice licensing for out-of-state dentists.  You can read the Regents approval of the new dental hygiene program at the Rome Campus of the Mohawk Valley Community College here: https://www.regents.nysed.gov/sites/regents/files/926brca12.pdf.  You can read the Regents reappointment of Ms. Haynes as an extended member of the State Board for Dentistry here: https://www.regents.nysed.gov/sites/regents/files/926brca6.pdf.  You can read the Regents presentation on its setting of State Budget priorities here: https://www.regents.nysed.gov/sites/regents/files/SA%20-%20State%20Aid-Budget%20Proposal%20Process.pdf.  You can read the Regents regulations to allow out-of-state licensed professionals, including dentists, to practice temporarily at charitable events held in New York State here: https://www.regents.nysed.gov/sites/regents/files/926brca8.pdf.