Section 216 - Coordinated service delivery pilot program.(a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall establish a pilot program at a school entity or entities within the city of the first class to assist in the coordinated delivery of education services and human services to students and their families for the purposes of promoting and implementing innovative research-based practices within selected school entities. Coordination shall be based upon joint planning between the department, the Department of Education and a school entity's comprehensive assessments of the need to provide services, coordinate service delivery, close gaps in services, and coordinate to address the provision of needed services. In order to assist in the coordinated delivery of education services and human services to students and their families, the pilot program may consider the following:(1) A school entity assisting students and their families in applying for and receiving education services and human services.(2) An expanded school day for the purpose of providing opportunities for increased instructional time, tutoring by staff, pupils and volunteers, an environment conducive to learning before and after the regular school day and personalized instruction and mentoring.(3) Other best practices as determined by the department and the Department of Education.(b) A school entity participating in the pilot program shall submit reports to the department containing such information and in the form and by the deadline prescribed by the department.(c) As used in this section, the term "school entity" shall mean any public school, including a charter school or cyber charter school or area vocational-technical school operating within this Commonwealth.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 40, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.