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O LORD, You are my God. 

I will exalt You,

I will praise Your name,

for You have done wonderful things;  Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

The Book of Isaiah 25:1 (NKJV)

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"Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds;...Teach them to your children..."

Deuteronomy 11:18a and 19b, the Word of God given to the people by the prophet Moses

Since Pennsylvania remains one of the most heavily regulated states in the nation, the documentation required can seem overwhelming.  Not only does this documentation consist of the Pennsylvania Home Education Law, additional information on home education has been issued by the courts, the Pennsylvania Department of Education as BECs (basic education circulars), private correspondence between PDE personnnel and home education organizations and individuals, and PHEAA (the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency).  These entities have all have issued 'documents' that effect home education in Pennsylvania.  Please take the time necessary to read those documents that effect you so that you can accurately assess well-meaning advice from other home educators, 'suggestions' vs. 'requirements', and financially-motivated advice suggesting that you need to take certain actions or purchase services or materials to comply with the Pennsylvania Home Education Law.

• The Pennsylvania Home Education Law and Compulsory Attendance Law

Sample Home Education Affidavits

Permission is hereby granted to individual families to print and use any or all of the affidavit forms available on the CPEC website.  These are offered as a ministry and as a blessing to you.  You may use any home education program affidavit that complies with the home education law.  It is not recommended that homeschooling families use the affidavit forms provided to them by their school district since it is possible that a school district may include requirements not contained in the Home Education Law.  It is also recommended that homeschooling families not provide more information to their school district than what the home education law requires to prevent the establishment of precedent for the district expecting more information than what the law requires.  Each of the following affidavit samples will open in the word processing program installed on the computer you are currently using.  You may save the form to your own computer or print it immediately.

Affidavit Sample #1

Affidavit Sample #2

Affidavit Sample #3

Affidavit Sample #4

Affidavit Sample #5

Eaker Family Affidavit and Objectives

If your school district insists that the high school diploma of the home education supervisor must be attached to the home education affidavit, you may attach the Pennsylvania Department of Education's policy letter informing school districts that no such requirement exists:

PDE Policy Letter Stating that the Home Education Supervisor's Diploma Need Not Be Attached

Sample Private Tutor Notification Form

Permission is hereby granted to private tutors to print and use this form.  The use of this form is not required by the Compulsory Attendance Law or the Private Tutoring Law.  You may use any means to notify the school district where the students reside with the information required by the Private Tutoring Law.

Private Tutor Notification Form

Sample Home Education Program Educational Objectives

Home Education Program Educational Objectives must be attached to the home education program affidavit when the required documentation is handed in to the school district.  Samples of objectives can be found below:

SAMPLE Elementary Age Student Home Education Program Objectives

SAMPLE Secondary Age Student Home Education Program Objectives

Sample Special Education Pre-Approval Form

If the student being enrolled in the home education program has been identified by the school district as as needing special education services, the home education law requires that the home education program be approved by a teacher with a valid certificate from the Commonwealth to teach special education or a licensed clinical or certified school psychologist.

Special Education - Home Education Program Pre-approval Form

More documentation and forms will become available on the cpec-pa website during future updates to the website.

Most recent additions to CPEC online document files include:

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