Pennsylvania Homeschool PE Requirements
Pennsylvania's evaluator reviews your portfolio annually. Include PE logs, activity descriptions, and any skill assessments to demonstrate thorough physical education.
In Pennsylvania the law calls homeschooling a home education program.
Last checked: not yet. None of the figures on this page has yet been checked against a source.
Primary source on file: US Department of Education — regulation of private and home schools, Pennsylvania
These figures come from our state requirements registry, which names 24 P.S. § 13-1327.1 (Home Education Program) for Pennsylvania. We hold that citation; nobody has yet checked each figure above against the statute text itself, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. Requirements change — confirm with your district before relying on them. See what we hold for Pennsylvania, open it in the checker, or read how we source this. This is a homeschool PE reference, not legal advice.
Pennsylvania Homeschool PE Overview
Pennsylvania's evaluator reviews your portfolio annually. Include PE logs, activity descriptions, and any skill assessments to demonstrate thorough physical education.
Key Requirements
- File sworn annual affidavit including PE objectives
- Include PE work samples in portfolio for evaluator review
- Standardized testing at grades 3, 5, and 8
- Maintain contemporaneous log of PE activities
Plan for Pennsylvania
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Reporting & Verification
Reporting cadence: Annual
Verification: Sworn affidavit + portfolio review by certified evaluator
Documents required:
- Notarized affidavit with objectives
- Contemporaneous activity log
- Portfolio of work samples
- Standardized test scores (grades 3, 5, 8)
- Evaluator certification letter
Deadlines on file:
- August 1: Affidavit due
- June 30: Portfolio review deadline
PE Credit & Standards
Pennsylvania sets its own hours-per-credit figure: 120 hours for one credit, with 1 PE credit required for graduation. The credit calculator uses that figure for Pennsylvania.
Standards framework on file: PA Academic Standards for Health, Safety & PE
Pennsylvania Homeschool PE: Common Questions
Yes. Our registry records physical education as required for homeschoolers in Pennsylvania.
Our registry holds 90 hours of PE a year at the secondary level for Pennsylvania. The instructional-time rule on file is: 180 days (900 hrs elem; 990 hrs secondary).
The documents on file for Pennsylvania are: Notarized affidavit with objectives; Contemporaneous activity log; Portfolio of work samples; Standardized test scores (grades 3, 5, 8); Evaluator certification letter. Reporting cadence: Annual. 2 dated deadlines are on file, listed under Reporting & Verification above.
We hold no structured assessment record for Pennsylvania yet: which tests, in which grades and who may evaluate are not recorded. The verification method on file is: Sworn affidavit + portfolio review by certified evaluator.
Pennsylvania sets its own figure: 120 hours for one credit, with 1 PE credit required for graduation.
Our registry records physical education as required in Pennsylvania and holds no list of approved activities, so the subject is what is asked for, not a sport. Soccer training that is planned, taught and logged is PE instruction: keep the date, the minutes, what was taught and who taught it. Your evaluator, umbrella school or district decides whether the record is enough.
How Spatrian Helps Pennsylvania Families
- Logs every session against the PE requirement on file, with the date, the time and what was done
- Produces the portfolio the review asks for: the activity log, quizzes, rubrics and work samples in one document
- Converts hours to credit at the state's own 120 hours per credit
- Issues a transcript with a fingerprint an evaluator can check at spatrian.com/verify without an account
- Names the documents and deadlines it holds for the state, and says where it holds none
See the free printable PE log sheet, sample portfolio and transcript before you sign up.
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