Pennsylvania's homeschool evaluation: who can sign, what they review, and June 30
Pennsylvania asks every homeschooled student to have an outside evaluation of the year's work, every year. Who may sign it? The signer is one of: a Pennsylvania-certified teacher with at least two years of teaching experience; or a licensed clinical or school psychologist. The evaluator looks at the portfolio of the year's work and an interview with the student and produces a written evaluation certifying that an appropriate education is occurring.
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Checked against 24 P.S. §13-1327.1(e). Requirements on this page last reviewed October 26, 2026. The regulation text is always the source of truth.
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Who may sign
The signer is one of: a Pennsylvania-certified teacher with at least two years of teaching experience; or a licensed clinical or school psychologist.
What the evaluator reviews, and what it produces
The evaluator looks at the portfolio of the year's work and an interview with the student. What comes out of that review is a written evaluation certifying that an appropriate education is occurring (the evaluator's certification).
When it is due
The evaluator's certification goes to the district superintendent by June 30.
Other ways to meet this requirement
Pennsylvania's statute names no alternative to this evaluation.
Worth knowing
- Since Act 196 of 2014 the family files the evaluator's certification; the portfolio itself goes to the evaluator, not the district.
- The 12th-grade evaluator co-signs the parent-issued diploma, so families keep the same evaluator senior year.
For families
The portfolio, the log, and the samples an evaluator asks to see are easiest to produce when they were kept as the year happened, not assembled the week before June 30. A photo of a finished project, a logged book, a math sample each month: each one is a thirty-second entry, and by the time the evaluator asks, the record already exists.
The record is free for families, forever: capture, the expense log, the portfolio, the verifiable transcript, verification, export. Generating filled-in artifacts, like an annual 529 expense file or an ESA quarterly report, is the one optional paid family service, part of Family Pro at $119 per year, and every document previews filled-in, free, first.
Find an evaluator in Pennsylvania
No verified evaluators are listed for Pennsylvania yet. If you evaluate here, list yourself.
For evaluators
If you are the person who signs this evaluation, Eformogi's free form for Pennsylvania walks through what the regulation asks you to review and produces the evaluator's certification in a format built from 24 P.S. §13-1327.1(e). The form is free forever. No evaluator is ever paid by Eformogi for signing, and no evaluator's fee is ever shared with us.
An evaluation that is missing the signer's qualification under the statute, the review dates, or what was reviewed is incomplete, and the free form asks for each of those before it produces the evaluator's certification.
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Frequently asked questions
Who can sign Pennsylvania's homeschool evaluation?
The signer is one of: a Pennsylvania-certified teacher with at least two years of teaching experience; or a licensed clinical or school psychologist.
What does the evaluator review?
The evaluator looks at the portfolio of the year's work and an interview with the student and produces a written evaluation certifying that an appropriate education is occurring.
When is the evaluator's certification due?
The evaluator's certification goes to the district superintendent by June 30.
What else does the regulation say?
Since Act 196 of 2014 the family files the evaluator's certification; the portfolio itself goes to the evaluator, not the district. The 12th-grade evaluator co-signs the parent-issued diploma, so families keep the same evaluator senior year.
Read the primary text: 24 P.S. §13-1327.1(e). See also: every state's evaluation rule · Pennsylvania's portfolio and evaluation guide · the record for homeschool families