# Pennsylvania — Special education initial evaluation deadlines by state — days, day type, and what starts the clock

For Pennsylvania, evaluation deadline is no later than 60-calendar days after the agency receives written parental consent for evaluation; day type is calendar days; clock starts on is the agency receives written parental consent for evaluation; school break treatment is the calendar days from the day after the last day of the spring school term up to and including the day before the first day of the subsequent fall school term will not be counted; differs from federal 60 days is same, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Pennsylvania _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Evaluation deadline:** no later than 60-calendar days after the agency receives written parental consent for evaluation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Day type:** calendar days _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Clock starts on:** the agency receives written parental consent for evaluation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **School break treatment:** the calendar days from the day after the last day of the spring school term up to and including the day before the first day of the subsequent fall school term will not be counted _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Differs from federal 60 days:** same _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute or rule:** 22 Pa. Code § 14.123 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (b) In addition to the requirements incorporated by reference in 34 CFR 300.301 (relating to initial evaluations), the initial evaluation shall be completed and a copy of the evaluation report presented to the parents no later than 60-calendar days after the agency receives written parental consent for evaluation, except that the calendar days from the day after the last day of the spring school term up to and including the day before the first day of the subsequent fall school term will not be counted.

## Source

- https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/022/chapter14/s14.123.html

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-04-28.
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