Jake

As you may or may not know, there is currently a new homeschooling law
proposed in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. I belong to a
group that, among other things, is gathering data concerning how the
current law works (or does not work) in practice for people in all of
the different school districts of Pennsylvania. If you are a
Pennsylvania home educator and could take a moment of your time to fill
out the form below, it would really help all homeschoolers know what the
state of affairs is in Pennsylvania school districts. Please forward
the completed form to the addy indicated and feel free to forward the
form to any other Pennsylvania home educators you may know.

Thanks much.

Jake


Please email the info to this address: schdistinfo@...

We can take the information in any form, but it will be the easiest
for us in this form:
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Complete as much of the information as you are able. If your
district has a written policy but does things differently in actual
practice, please indicate which of these items are in the written
policy (WP) and which are done in actual practice (AP).

DISTRICT:
_____________________ COUNTY:_____________________

Is this official policy or common knowledge or both? _________

If official, was this in written form or oral? __________

Does this district:
Allow borrowing of textbooks? _________
Charge parents for books?__________
Lend teacher guides/answer keys?______
Lend equipment like microscopes?_______
Require written request to borrow textbooks? _____________
Allow participation in extra-curricular activities?______________
If yes to above, do they require compliance with other district
policies? ________
Allows sports participation?_____
If yes to sports, are weekly academic reports required?______
If yes to sports, are there any other district
requirements?________
If yes to sports, is more required of home educated participants
than what PIAA requires of other students?______

Does this district ask for or require:
Affidavit?_______
Portfolio?______
Portfolio to be submitted on a date other than June 30?_____
Portfolio to have specific content?_____
Objectives?________
Log other than reading list?________
Evidence of immunizations?________
Evidence of health/medical services?______
Copy of parent's diploma?__________
Special education letter?_________
Testing through school district?______
Exit interviews or face to face meetings for any reason?_______
Any other requirements not in the law?______

Does this district:
Exclude or not accept any tests from list?______
Approve only certain evaluators?___________
Reject affidavits?_____
Threaten truancy for noncompliance?________
Send "approval letters" for affidavit and/or portfolio?________

Does this district:
Give a diploma to exclusively home educated
students?__________
Require use of district curricula to give diploma?_____
Require passing exam or assessment to give diploma?____
Require an exam every year for a diploma?_____
Must student be enrolled in school district to get diploma?_____
Place a seal on a parent issued diploma?__________
Grant a diploma to any student who passes GED?_______

Anything about this district that is especially good or especially
not good that is not covered
above?______________________________

Thanks so much for helping us with this. Please email this form
to schdistinfo@...


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Jake Marcus: freelance writer and editor; work-at-home mom to Luca
(7/94), Nicholas (5/97), & Aidan (3/00). mailto:jmarcus@...
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