Pennsylvania Code
Title 22 - EDUCATION
Part VIII - Higher Education Assistance Agency
Chapter 121 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION
Section 121.21 - Requirement for higher education grant applicants

(a) A State higher education grant applicant shall be a graduate of or attending an approved secondary school, or be a recipient of a Commonwealth secondary school diploma or other State-issued general equivalency diplomas.

(b) An approved secondary school shall be any public or private secondary school, located in this Commonwealth or elsewhere, including foreign institutions and United States schools overseas, which in the judgment of the Pennsylvania Department of Education provides a course of instruction at the secondary level and maintains standards of instruction substantially equivalent to the standards of instruction of the public secondary schools in this Commonwealth.

(c) For purposes of the State Higher Education Grant Program, an approved secondary school shall also include any home education program that is accredited by any home schooling accreditation agency approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. If the home education program lacks the requisite accreditation, certification by the appropriate local school official attesting that the home education program is in compliance with section 1327.1 of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. § 13-1327.1) shall be submitted to the Agency by the appropriate local school official.