Section 1-121.1 - 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 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).Amended by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 55, § 2, eff. 7/8/2022.Added by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 136, § 2, eff. 11/25/2020.