Official Text and Analysis.

Reduces the number of credits required for high school graduation from 24 to 20, and applies the revised credit requirements to the graduating class of 2021 and subsequent classes.

Establishes an additional graduation pathway option that enables students to meet graduation pathway requirements by completing a performance exhibition meeting specified criteria.

Requires school districts to annually provide students 7 in grades 9-12 and their parents or legal guardians with comprehensive information about the graduation pathway options offered by the disttrict.

(1) Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to review and monitor the implementation of the performance exhibition graduation pathway (graduation pathway) at least once every five years to ensure that school districts offering the graduation pathway are complying with applicable requirements. (2) Specifies that the review and monitoring may be conducted concurrently with other program reviews and monitoring conducted by the SBE.

1) Removes provisions establishing and governing a performance exhibition graduation pathway, including related duties of the State Board of Education (SBE).(2) Modifies an existing graduation pathway that permits students to meet pathway requirements in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics through a combination of pathway options by permitting students to satisfy pathway requirements by completing a performance exhibition that meets or exceeds the graduation standard established by the SBE for statewide student assessments and the SAT or the ACT in ELA, mathematics, or both. (3) Requires school districts, prior to offering the performance exhibition option to students, to adopt a written policy in conformity with applicable requirements that describes the district's processes for evaluating student performance exhibitions. (4) Requires school districts to annually provide students in grades 9-12 and their parents or legal guardians with comprehensive information about the graduation pathway options offered by the district.