Private Tutoring

Private Tutoring--Policy 116

The instructional program for students not enrolled in public schools due to private tutoring by a properly qualified private tutor shall comply with state law and regulations.[4][5]

A properly qualified private tutor shall mean a person who is certified by the Commonwealth to teach in Pennsylvania public schools; who is teaching one (1) or more children who are members of a single-family; who provides the majority of instruction to such child or children; and who is receiving a fee or other consideration for instructional services.[4]

Each private tutor shall file with the Superintendent a copy of his/her Pennsylvania certification, state and federal criminal history information and child abuse history clearance. No person who would be disqualified from school employment by the provisions of 24 P.S. § 1-111(e) may be a private tutor.