Section 702-A. Public school facility inventory.
(a) Duty of department.--The department shall collect the following information from each school entity for each public school facility:
(1) The name of the school entity that occupies the public school facility through ownership, lease or other agreement.
(2) The name and address of the public school facility.
(3) The grades served in the public school facility, if applicable.
(4) The number of students enrolled in the public school facility and a projection for student enrollment growth over 10 years, if applicable.
(5) The building capacity limits as established by the Department of Labor and Industry.
(6) Whether the public school facility is an administrative building, instructional building, athletic facility or maintenance building.
(7) The number of stories in the public school facility.
(8) The size of the public school facility in approximate square footage.
(9) The acreage of the public school facility site, if available.
(10) Whether the public school facility is:
(i) owned by the school entity; or
(ii) leased or rented to the school entity, including whether the school entity is financially responsible for routine and preventative public school facility maintenance costs.
(11) The age of the public school facility, if known, including dates and brief descriptions of any major renovation or addition. This requirement may be met by including a third-party facility study previously completed by the school entity.
(b) Data submission.--No later than April 1, 2027, the department shall establish a form and electronic process for a school entity to submit the information required under subsection (a).
(c) Duty of school entity.--No later than December 31, 2027, a school entity shall submit the information required under subsection (a) to the department in a form and manner determined by the department.
(d) Inventory update.--Every five years from the required submission date in subsection (c), a school entity shall review, update and report to the department the information under subsection (a), including substantial changes in public school facility use, occupancy or ownership or damage to or closure of the public school facility.
(702-A added July 12, 2026, P.L.220, No.20)