content area associated with the Keystone Exam in biology; and
(2) completes one of the following:
(i) attains an industry-based competency certification
related to the CTE Concentrator's program of study; or
(ii) demonstrates a high likelihood of success on an
approved industry-based competency assessment or readiness for
continued meaningful engagement in the CTE Concentrator's
program of study as demonstrated by performance on benchmark
assessments, course grades and other factors consistent with the
CTE Concentrator's goals and career plan[.] and determined for
the CTE Concentrator by a chief school administrator in
consultation with an area vocational-technical school director
or principal of a comprehensive high school. The determination
shall be made no later than the end of eleventh grade, or, for a
student enrolled in a one-year program, the end of the first
semester of twelfth grade.
(c.1) Notwithstanding section 2604-B(b)(2)(v), 22 Pa. Code §
4.24, 4.51 or 4.51c or any statute or regulation to the
contrary, in any school year in which a demonstration of
proficiency on a Keystone Exam is required for high school
graduation, a student shall be deemed proficient if the student
demonstrates one of the following:
(1) Attainment of a satisfactory composite score under
subsection (c.2) on the Keystone Exams in algebra I, literature
and biology.
(2) Successful completion of locally established, grade-
based requirements for academic content areas associated with
each Keystone Exam on which the student did not achieve at least
a proficient score and demonstration of one of the following:
(i) Attainment of an established score on an approved
alternative assessment.
(ii) Attainment of at least the Gold Level on the ACT
WorkKeys assessment.
(iii) Attainment of an established score on an Advanced
Placement Program exam in an academic content area associated
with each Keystone Exam on which the student did not achieve at
least a proficient score.
(iv) Attainment of an established score on an International
Baccalaureate Diploma Program exam in an academic content area
associated with each Keystone Exam on which the student did not
achieve at least a proficient score.
(v) Successful completion of a concurrent enrollment course
in an academic content area associated with each Keystone Exam
on which the student did not achieve at least a proficient
score.
(vi) Successful completion of a preapprenticeship program.
(vii) Acceptance to an accredited four-year nonprofit
institution of higher education and evidence of the ability to
enroll in college-level, credit-bearing coursework.
(3) Successful completion of locally established, grade-
based requirements for academic content areas associated with
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