PRINTER'S NO. 1658
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1244
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, L. WILLIAMS, AUMENT, BAKER, HUTCHINSON,
ARGALL, YUDICHAK, PITTMAN AND STEFANO, MAY 23, 2022
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MAY 23, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in preliminary provisions, further
providing for special provisions applicable to the Keystone
Exams, graduation requirements and alternative competency
assessment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 121.1 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended to read:
Section 121.1. Special Provisions Applicable to the Keystone
Exams, Graduation Requirements and Alternative Competency
Assessment.--(a) For the 2019-2020 school year and any
subsequent school year in which the Federal Government has
waived the testing and accountability requirements of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-
10, 20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.), as amended by the Every Student
Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-95, 129 Stat. 1802), any student
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who completed a course in an academic content area associated
with a Keystone Exam shall not be required to take the Keystone
Exam related to that course and shall be deemed proficient for
purposes of sections 121 and 2604-B(b)(2)(v) and 22 Pa. Code §
4.24 (relating to high school graduation requirements), provided
that the student demonstrates successful completion of locally
established, grade-based requirements for the academic content
areas associated with each Keystone Exam.
(b) Notwithstanding section 2604-B(b)(2)(v), 22 Pa. Code §
4.24, 4.51 (relating to state assessment system) or 4.51c
(relating to project-based assessment) 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 subject to this section shall
be deemed proficient if the student meets all of the following
requirements:
(1) Demonstrates attainment of a satisfactory composite
score of at least 2939, using the highest scores attained by the
student on two of the three Keystone Exams in algebra I,
literature and biology.
(2) Achieves a minimum score of proficient on at least one
of the two Keystone Exams and a minimum score of basic on the
other Keystone Exam used to calculate the composite score under
paragraph (1).
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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