Timeline of How to Sign-Up for PAYS
Date | Action |
| Spring Odd Numbered Year | Survey questions available by request at https://epis.psu.edu/paysquestion Superintendents receive notice of previous Years Fall PAYS administration Online registration available at www.pays.pa.gov use the link emailed directly from Bach Harrison |
| Summer | Bach Harrison outreach to schools included in state sample Recruitment outreach to schools from community, prevention, & education supporters of PAYS |
Fall | PAYS administered in participating schools |
Winter | Survey Return Deadline |
Spring of Even | PAYS Reports released to schools and counties |
The PAYS is administered every two years on 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 learn about their behavior, attitudes and knowledge concerning 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 and all things PAYS.
Here you will find:
- Resources to Register your School District for the upcoming PAYS
- Sheet of each School District that is registered for the upcoming PAYS
- The PAYS FAQ
- The PAYS Factsheet