(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)¹ 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: