Links to the Pennsylvania Department of Education

• PDE Home
• PDE Public K-12 Schools
• Academic Standards and Assessments
• Alternative Education
• Basic Education Circulars (BECs)
• Certification & Staffing Policies and Guidelines (CSPGs)
• Charter Schools 
• Child Accounting
  Information on Act 80, residence issues, etc.
• Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators
  Professional  misconduct complaint forms and procedures
• Home Schooling
  Links to advocacy Web sites
• Mandate Waivers
  Decisions and selected sample applications
• Manual of Accounting 
  GASB 34 guidance
• Office of Dispute Resolution
  Former Right to Education Office and Special Ed Mediation Service
• PVAAS
• Safe Schools
• Sample Mandate Waiver Applications 
  PASBO site with additional applications
• School Entity Directory/Websites
• School Facilities Construction and Planning
  PLANCON
• Special Education
• School Finances
• School Profiles
• Student Services
  Gifted education, transportation, homeless children, etc.
• Teacher Certification System Online 
  Certification records/applications/tests
• Teaching in Pennsylvania
  Teacher certification and testing requirements, Act 48 information, application forms, etc.
• Teacher Tenure Appeal Decisions (PDE)
• Transportation