Pennsylvania
Homeschooling Legal Information
Pennsylvania Education Code
for Homeschooling
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
Here is the homeschooling section of the PA Education Code,
§ 22.1-254. Updated in summer of 2008. Not intended
as legal advice. For your information only.
Getting Started
in Homeschooling
CHAP offers a clear English version of the requirements in Pennsylvania
and what you really have to do to fulfill them. Not legal advice.
Information only.
Pauline
Harding's Guide to PA Homeschooling Law
Info on Act 169 and alternatives, the affidavit, sample objectives,
useful forms, evaluations, testing, portfolios, logs, high school
information, and extracurricular participation.
PHEN- home
educating for freedom & simplicity in Pennsylvania
PHEN explains how you can avoid going overboard trying to do
too much.
PHEN- Home Educating
in PA 101
This page is for those who want the simplest explanation possible
of the legal requirements to home educate in Pennsylvania.
School
Districts Allowing Participation
Some PA school districts will allow limited participations by
homeschoolers.
Evaluators
& Evaluations
Evaluator qualifications, list of evaluators, sample evaluator's
report, sample "prior approval" request letter, special
ed pre-approval forms. From Paula's Guide.
List
of Homeschool Evaluators in Pennsylvania
Please think carefully about what you are looking for in an evaluator
and seek out someone who is comfortable with your approach to
homeschooling.From Paula's Guide.
PA Home
Education Evaluations
PA Law on the Evaluator, PA Law on Portfolios, Perspectives on
Evaluations in PA, Distance Evaluations, and FAQs on Evaluations
Free
Downloadable Homeschooling Forms for Planning, Record-Keeping
and Complying With the PA Law
Here are a bunch of forms I've created for myself and for my
friends. Some might work for you too. Some might not. You might
want to keep some kinds of records just for yourself, and others
to hand in to your district. From Paula's Guide.
Simply Home Schooling
How to apply to and work with school districts.....how to lesson
plan....how to keep attendance....how to report field trips,
reading, etc., how to keep grades....create report cards and
certificates of merit. Commercial manual and CD with record keeping
forms needed when homeschooling through a public school program.
Homeschooling
High School
PA diploma options, including info about the PA diploma programs,
required subjects, compulsory attendance law, email groups. From
Paula's Guide.
Alliance
for Intellectual Freedom in Education
With all of the misinformation being disseminated over the last
year or so by Howard & Susan Richman of PA Homeschoolers
and PHAA, I feel certain things should be made public to protect
the interests of homeschoolers in PA. Norma Young.
Changing
PA's Home Education Law
House Bill 2560. This is what the new law would contain if it
would pass in its current form. From Catholoic Homeschoolers.
CHAP's
Position on a Potential New Law
There is a groundswell among many homeschoolers across Pennsylvania
about possible changes being made to the Homeschool law. [Note:
this link has been up for some time and the article is undated.
It remains up purely for historic interest and is no longer "news."]
Medical
Form Info
Information from the PDE on the medical requirements, sample
medical and dental forms. From Paula's Guide.
PHEN- medical
exemption form
The following is a version of the medical exemption form one
can file with their affidavit instead of filing other more specific
medical forms.
PA Homeschool Affidavit Forms
If your child turns eight before or during the first two weeks of a school year, youÕll need to file an affidavit no later than his eighth birthday.
Creating
a Portfolio for Your Homeschooled Child
Homeschool portfolios - what PA law requires, how to create a
portfolio, examples and ideas. From Paula's Guide.
Logging
in Pennsylvania
The log is just a list of reading materials which should be created
as the materials are being read. by Carol Narigon, HEM J/F 06.
Portfolios
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
Creating portfolios for personal use or for getting into college.
Academic Standards
Accepted and proposed education standards from the state DOE
for you to draw from. These are NOT laws, just suggested course
outlines.
Affidavit
Just select/copy/paste either the elementary or secondary
part of this page into your word processor, fill in the blanks
and have it notarized. List of nationally normed standardized
tests for home school use included. From Penn Link Teacher Pages.
Affidavit
- PHEN
Three versions of the affidavit form the parent or guardian must
file with the superintendent of the school district of residence,
prior to the commencement of the home education program and annually
thereafter on August 1st: .pdf, .doc, and .rtf.
Educational
Objectives
Are you required to submit educational objectives? Here's a sample
from the Forrest Family of Pennsylvania.
PHEN- sample
objectives
First is a list of the subjects required by law, then a sample
list of elementary and secondary objectives. PHEN recommends
only 1 or 2 "open-ended" objectives per subject.
Samples
of Affidavits & Objectives
Sample affidavits, health forms and PDE info on health requirements,
large collection of sample objectives, special ed pre-approval
forms. From Paula's Guide.
Acceptable
Tests
The Department has approved ten nationally normed standardized
tests for home school use. Expires June 30, 2004.
Standardized
Testing Available
In Pennsylvania, the state maintains a list of tests approved
for use with their students. Resources for these tests that are
acceptable to Catholic homeschoolers.
Testing Homeschoolers
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
A variety of testing resources are on these pages.
Testing
Resources
Explanation of testing requirements, list of acceptable tests,
list of test suppliers, test prep info. From Paula's Guide.
Home
Education and Private Tutoring in Pennsylvania
Legal information for those who wish to tutor or hire a private
tutor. From the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Tutor
Option
Alternatives to the PA home education law (Act 169), including
private tutoring, homebound instruction, church schools, religious
exemption, umbrella schools, public cyber-charter schools, and
underground homeschooling. From Paula's Guide.
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