Pennsylvania Department of Education Home Education Liaison
Read the Pennsylvania Home Education Law, Act 169 of 1988 for yourself!
Homeschoolers have a lot of choices available to them. Please take the information you find useful from these pages and ignore the rest.
I am not a lawyer, and information ion my site is not intended to be legal advice. Please check with appropriate sources, such as the PDE or a lawyer.
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PA Dept. of Education Home Education Liaison
If you have questions about whether your district is following the law, it is probably worth a call to the PDE.
Sarah Pearce is once again the homeschooling liaison at the PDE. I have found her to be friendly and helpful a number of times. If you have questions about whether your district is following the law, she’s the one to call first. In the past, she has called districts to help straighten out problems, and has written letters to explain the PDE’s interpretation of the law. The state does not charge a fee for these services.
Sarah J. Pearce, Advisor, School Services Unit,
Office of Elementary/Secondary Education,
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 5th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
Phone: 717-783-6610 (voicemail available)
e-mail: spearce@state.pa.us
You may also want to read the PA home ed. law yourself, and/or check the PDE’s home education FAQ pages. If Ms. Pearce is not available, you can also call the PDE’s School Services Unit.
See also my School District Problems page.