Pennsylvania High School Graduation Requirements
Learn About Pennsylvania High School Graduation Requirements!
This Toolkit offers guidance on Pennsylvania’s Pathways to Graduation, five alternative avenues for students to demonstrate postsecondary preparedness while satisfying statewide requirements, as well as information on other diploma options for students in specific situations.
Still have questions after exploring the resources below? Check the Professional Learning Schedule for upcoming virtual office hours or contact RA-EdGradRequirement@pa.gov.
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Graduation Requirements Document
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- Pennsylvania Pathways to Graduation & Other Diploma Options leads to file
- Graduation Trail (A Student's Journey) leads to file
- AA & EB Pathways: Student Evidence Comparison leads to file
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Statutes, Regulations, and Policies
- 22 Pa. Code §4.24 (High School Graduation Requirements) opens in new window
- 24 P.S. §1-121 (Keystone Exams and Graduation Requirements) opens in new window
- 24 P.S. §1-121.1 (Special Provision Applicable to the Keystone Exams, Graduation Requirements, and Alternative Competency Assessment) opens in new window
- 24 P.S. §13-1331.1 (Assisting Students Experiencing Education Instability) opens in new window
- 24 P.S. §15-1525 (Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education) opens in new window
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Additonal Informaton: Pathway Criteria
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Schools may elect to use the PDE-provided tracking tool. This tool, for local use only, will assist in determining pathway options for students by identifying those students not meeting Keystone Exam or Keystone Composite score requirements and allowing the counselor to record additional data to track each student’s progress toward viable graduation pathways.
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Spring 2024 Training Schedule
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Frequently Asked Questions 11/7/2023
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Frequently Asked Questions 11/7/2023
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- Grad Data - Informing Local Practice 10/17/2023 leads to file
- Grad Data - Informing Local Practice 10/17/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- The Tracking Tool
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- Grad Report: Collecting & Reporting Data
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- Grad Report: Collecting & Reporting Data Recorded Webinar 10/3/2023 opens in new window
- High School Graduation Requirements Refresher
- High School Graduation Requirements Refresher 9/26/2023 leads to file
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- Pathway to the Pathways – Using PVAAS to Better Inform the Graduation Pathways
- Pathway to the Pathways – Using PVAAS to Better Inform the Graduation Pathways 5/10/2023 leads to file
- Pathway to the Pathways – Using PVAAS to Better Inform the Graduation Pathways - 5/10/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Frequently Asked Questions
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- Graduation Data Refresher
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- Pathways Refresher
- Pathways Refresher - 4/11/2023 leads to file
- EL, Migrant, and Undocumented Students
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- EL, Migrant, and Undocumented Students 1/31/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Misconceptions & Frequently Asked Questions
- Misconceptions & Frequently Asked Questions 11/15/2022 leads to file
- Misconceptions & Frequently Asked Questions 11/15/22 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- CTE Concentrator Pathway & Other Pathway's Work-Based Learning Criteria
- CTE Concentrator Pathway & Other Pathway's Work-Based Learning Criteria 11/8/22 leads to file
- CTE Concentrator Pathway & Other Pathway's Work-Based Learning Criteria 11/8/22 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Alternate Assessment & Evidence-Based Pathway Criteria
- Alternate Assessment & Evidence-Based Pathway Criteria 11/1/2022 leads to file
- Alternate Assessment & Evidence-Based Pathway Criteria 11/1/2022 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Other Diploma Opportunities
- Other Diploma Opportunities 10/25/2022 leads to file
- Other Diploma Opportunities 10/25/2022 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Numeric, Non-Numeric, and Locally Established Grade-Based Requirements
- Numeric, Non-Numeric, and Locally Established Grade-Based Requirements 10/18/2022 leads to file
- Numeric, Non-Numeric, and Locally Established Grade-Based Requirements 10/18/2022 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
