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Pennsylvania homeschool laws

How to homeschool in Pennsylvania

File a notarized affidavit or an unsworn declaration with your resident superintendent before starting, then by August 1 every year. It gives your name, each child's name and age, your address and phone, and an assurance that subjects are taught in English. Attach an outline of objectives by subject and the immunization and health records or exemptions. It also certifies that no adult in the home has a listed criminal conviction in the past five years. Keep a portfolio, have an evaluator certify it by June 30 every year, and test in grades 3, 5 and 8.

Requirements:
Detailed requirements
How you file:
Letter
Law:
24 P.S. § 13-1327.1
More:
HSLDA Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania homeschool requirements

Who can teach
High school diploma or equivalent.
Days and hours
180 days, or 900 hours elementary and 990 hours secondary.
Subjects
Elementary: English (spelling, reading, writing), arithmetic, civics, U.S. and Pennsylvania history, health and physiology, PE, music, art, geography, science, and safety education including fire prevention. Secondary: English (language, literature, speech, composition), math (general math, algebra, geometry), social studies (civics, U.S. and Pennsylvania history, world history), health, PE, music, art, geography, science, safety education.
Testing
A standardized test in grades 3, 5 and 8 in math and reading from the state's approved list (not given by a parent), and every year an evaluation of the portfolio and an interview by a licensed psychologist, certified teacher, or nonpublic school teacher or administrator. Submit the evaluator's certification to the superintendent by June 30.
Records
A portfolio: a contemporaneous log naming reading materials, work samples, test results and the annual evaluation.

Pennsylvania homeschool forms and letters, filled out

The notice of intent, renewals, reports and letters Pennsylvania asks for, in the state's own form where one exists.

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Also expected in Pennsylvania

No form to fill out for these. The state expects them all the same.

  • Portfolio

    Keep on hand

    A log made as you go naming reading materials by title, samples of writings, worksheets, workbooks and creative materials, the test results, and each year's evaluation.

Where it goes

Send the notarized affidavit or the unsworn declaration to the superintendent of your resident district before starting, then every year by August 1. Include the objectives by subject and the health records.

EdNA (Pennsylvania school directory)State pageHSLDA Pennsylvania

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