The 2003-04 total for home education students in Pennsylvania was 24,076. The total was comprised of 12,285 males and 11,791 females. This was a decrease of 339 students, or 1.4%, from the 2002-03 total of 24,415. This was the second year (along with 2001-02) that home education enrollments decreased since the passage of Act 169 of 1988, which authorized parents, guardians and legal custodians to teach their children at home. Data was collected from all of Pennsylvania's 501 school districts for home education students aged five through 21. Austin Area and Clairton City were the only two school districts that reported no home education students in 2003-04. The number of home education students decreased in 38 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. Once again, Lancaster County led the state with 2,653 students, followed by York County with 1,569 (see figure 2, page 4). Students educated at home comprised an additional 1.1% of the state's public, private and nonpublic enrollments in 2003-04 (see figure 5, page 8). There were 237 school districts (47.3%), down from 241, that allowed home education students to participate in curricular programs, while 270 (53.9%), up from 265, allowed them to participate in extracurricular activities (see table 2, page 9). Some districts that allowed participation had restrictions. Appendix (A) provides a table of Home Education Students by School District and Age Group 2003-04. Appendix (B) contains a Glossary, and Appendix (C) offers a list of sources.