HB 2438 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school finances, providing for school mapping services.

PRINTER'S NO.   3248

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2438
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, LABS, GUENST, BRENNAN, HILL-EVANS,
        PROKOPIAK, HANBIDGE, WAXMAN, OTTEN, INGLIS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
        CERRATO, KUTZ, REICHARD, A. BROWN, PARKER, YOUNG, METZGAR AND
        MIHALEK, APRIL 21, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 21, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in school finances, providing for
 6      school mapping services.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10   as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11   section to read:
12      Section 641.    School Mapping Services.--(a)    A contract
13   funded in whole or in part with money appropriated by the
14   Commonwealth and entered into between a school district and a
15   vendor for school mapping services shall comply with the
16   following requirements:
17      (1)   Maps must be in formats that integrate with, and are
18   viewable, within software platforms used in Federal, State and
 1   municipal public safety agencies that provide emergency services
 2   to the school district without requiring the purchase of
 3   additional software or payment of fees to access the data.
 4      (2)   Maps must be in formats capable of being printed, shared
 5   electronically and, if requested, digitally integrated into
 6   interactive mobile platforms in use.
 7      (3)   Maps must be viewable and printable from open-source
 8   document or image viewers.
 9      (4)   Maps must be oriented to true north and include a fixed
10   grid with consistent "x" and "y" coordinates.
11      (5)   Maps must have been produced from data verified for
12   accuracy through an on-site walk-through of the school buildings
13   and grounds depicted on the maps by the entity producing the
14   data.
15      (6)   Maps must include accurate floor plans overlaid on
16   current, verified aerial imagery of the school campus.
17      (7)   Maps must include site-specific labeling for school
18   structures, such as room names, hallway designations, exterior
19   doors, stairwell numbers and the locations of hazards, critical
20   utility controls, key boxes, automated external defibrillators
21   and trauma kits, and school grounds, including parking areas,
22   athletic fields, surrounding roads and neighboring properties.
23      (8)   Maps must be created, stored and maintained exclusively
24   within the United States for the entire duration of the mapping
25   process and duration of the term of the contract to ensure
26   security of the data.
27      (b)   A school district shall consult and receive written
28   approval from the primary law enforcement agency serving and
29   supporting the school district prior to entering into a contract
30   for school mapping services to ensure that the data used under

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1   the contract complies with the requirements in this section.
2      (c)   For purposes of this section, the term "school mapping
3   services" means services that create detailed mapping data of
4   school campuses to improve emergency response and coordination,
5   and which data is created in file formats that integrate into
6   the software systems in use by public safety agencies to ensure
7   use by public safety agencies to locate room numbers, exits and
8   utility areas for emergency response.
9      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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