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Recruiting and Registering for PAYS
Timeline of How to Sign Up for PAYS
| Date | Action |
| Spring of Odd Numbered Years | Survey questions available by request at: “Ask a Question about PAYS” Superintendents receive notice of the previous year’s Fall PAYS administration. Online registration is available at: www.pays.pa.gov. Previously participating schools can use the link emailed directly from Bach Harrison. |
| Summer | Bach Harrison outreach to schools included in the state sample. Recruitment outreach to schools from community, prevention, & education supporters of PAYS |
| Fall | PAYS is administered in participating schools. |
| Winter | Survey Return Deadline |
| Spring of Even Numbered Years | PAYS Reports are released to schools and counties. |
The PAYS is administered every two years in odd-numbered years.
Administering PAYS
Since 1989, the Commonwealth has conducted a survey of school students in the 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grades to assess their behavior, attitudes, and knowledge regarding alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and violence. The Pennsylvania Youth Survey, or PAYS, is sponsored and conducted every two years by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
Please visit the PCCD website for additional information such as:
- Resources to Register your School District for the upcoming PAYS
- Listing of the School Districts that are registered for the upcoming PAYS
- The PAYS FAQ
- The PAYS Factsheet
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