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Filing Your Private School Affidavit (PSA)

California Education Code 33190:
Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level shall between the first and 15th day of October of each year, commencing on October 1, 1967, file with the Superintendent of Public Instruction an affidavit or statement, under penalty of perjury, by the owner or other head setting forth the following information for the current year.

The California Department of Education offers a standardized online form, the Private School Affidavit (PSA). It is completed online at the California Department of Education website beginning on October 1st. The form should be filed between October 1st and 15th of every year. The CDE usually leaves the form up until early spring. Schools that are created after the filing period should file at the time the school is established.

(The following instructions are 2006 forms that may also be used for reference because the information did not change in 2007.)

Download line by line instructions on completing the online PSA.
Download detailed instructions on completing the online PSA.

Electronic filing may not be available all year; if you need to file your affidavit and cannot do so electronically, you can still file a Statement in Lieu.

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