Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 785.2. Definitions

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Department.” The Department of Community and Economic Development of the Commonwealth.

“Eligible applicant.”Any of the following:

(1) A school entity as defined in the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14),  1 known as the Public School Code of 1949, including:

(i) A school district.

(ii) An intermediate unit.

(iii) An area career and technical school.

(iv) A charter school.

(v) A cyber charter school.

(vi) A regional charter school.

(2) A chartered school for the education of the deaf or the blind.

(3) A community college.

(4) The Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.

(5) The Pennsylvania College of Technology.

“Eligible project costs.”The term includes costs related to the purchase and installation of equipment and any other costs directly related to a solar energy project.

“Inflation Reduction Act.”The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169, 136 Stat. 1818).

“Program.” The Solar for Schools Grant Program established under section 3.  2

“Qualified provider.”A person or business that is capable of evaluating, recommending, designing, implementing and installing a solar energy project.

“School facility.”An educational building and surrounding premises owned by an eligible applicant.

“Solar energy project.”A project at a school facility related to photovoltaic or solar thermal devices that convert, transfer or store solar energy in or into usable forms of thermal or electric energy.

“Solar facility site assessment.”An evaluation of a school facility performed by a qualified provider to ascertain whether a school facility is capable of supporting a solar energy project and estimates of the amounts by which an eligible applicant's energy or operating costs will be reduced by a solar energy project.