- (a) Development. The Department will develop, using appropriate advisory assistance, guidelines which will assist local school districts and their representatives in the interpretation and application of this chapter, Part I of this title (relating to State Board of Education), and the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. § § 1-101—27-2702). The guidelines will be subject to a continuous process of development and revision.
(b) Nature. Guidelines will include, but not be limited to:
- (1) recommended best practices related to educational, architectural, and engineering considerations;
- (2) instructions for the completion of materials and forms,
- (3) examples of required materials and calculations,
- (4) listings of minimum requirements; and
- (5) Department interpretations of laws and regulations.
- (c) Scope. Guidelines shall be developed for those regulations, standards and laws which require clarification or may be clarified by Department interpretation; they shall cover all types of building projects which are processed by the Bureau of Educational Administration and Management Support Services.