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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- New and Noteworthy - May 2023 Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
- Frequently Asked Questions - Revised May 2023 Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
- New and Noteworthy - March 2023 Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
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- Graduation Requirements Guidance
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- Graduation Requirements Guidance Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
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- Pennsylvania Pathways to Graduation & Other Diploma Options Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
- Graduation Trail (A Student's Journey) Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
- AA & EB Pathways: Student Evidence Comparison Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
- CCR & Grad Req: Student Evidence Comparison Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
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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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- 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.
- Accessing the Pathways to Graduation Tracking Tool opens in new window
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- High School Graduation Requirements Refresher
- High School Graduation Requirements Refresher 9/26/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint 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 Downloads a PowerPoint 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
- Frequently Asked Questions 5/2/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Frequently Asked Questions 5/2/2023 - Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Graduation Data Refresher
- Graduation Data Refresher - 4/18/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Pathways Refresher
- Pathways Refresher - 4/11/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- EL, Migrant, and Undocumented Students
- EL, Migrant, and Undocumented Students 1/31/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- EL, Migrant, and Undocumented Students 1/31/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- The Grad Report
- The Grad Report 1/10/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- The Grad Report 1/10/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- The Tracking Tool
- The Tracking Tool 12/13/2022 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- The Tracking Tool 12/13/2022 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Misconceptions & Frequently Asked Questions
- Misconceptions & Frequently Asked Questions 11/15/2022 Downloads a PowerPoint 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 Downloads a PowerPoint 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 Downloads a PowerPoint 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 Downloads a PowerPoint 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 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Numeric, Non-Numeric, and Locally Established Grade-Based Requirements 10/18/2022 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
