Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 5003. Definitions

(1) “Educational institution” means any institution of post-secondary grade and any secretarial, business, vocational or trade school of secondary or post-secondary grade, which is subject to the visitation, examination or inspection of, or is, or may be licensed by the Department of Public Instruction,  1 including any post-secondary school, college or university incorporated or chartered under any general law or special act of the General Assembly, except any religious or denominational educational institution as defined in this act.

(2) “Religious or denominational educational institution” means an educational institution which is operated, supervised, controlled or sustained primarily by a religious or denominational organization, or is one which is stated by the parent church body to be and is, in fact, officially related to that church by being represented on the board of the institution, and by providing substantial financial assistance and which has certified, in writing, to the commission that it is a religious or denominational educational institution.

(3) “Discriminate” includes “segregate”.

(4) “Commission” means the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission in the Governor's Office.

(5) “Student” means a person seeking admission to, or in attendance at, a school or educational institution, as the case may be.

(6) “Person” includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations or corporations.

(7) “Handicap or disability,” with respect to a person, means--

(8) “Accessible” means being in compliance with the applicable standards set forth in the following--