​Good Faith Waiver

Schools and institutions are expected to obtain the required Memorandums of Understanding (MOU). However, if a school or institution exhausts all efforts to find a partner rape crisis center and domestic violence program but is unable to, they may pursue a Good-Faith Waiver. Waivers can be sought through the annual attestation of compliance. The Department of Education will only grant the waiver if the school or institution can prove that it acted in good faith but was unable to attain the MOUs. One of the following documentation options must be submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education to obtain a waiver: 

• A letter from a rape crisis center or domestic violence program stating they are unable to partner with the institution.
   
• A letter on the institution's letterhead indicating that the institution made request(s) to enter into the MOU with a rape crisis center or domestic violence program; however, the institution received no response to the request(s) or the local center was unable to provide services at this time.
  

Please submit documentation to David Stewart at ra-highereducation@pa.gov.