Each local school district has policies regarding teachers and students. The Public School Code is a collection of the statutes, or laws, enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly which is the legislative branch of state government and which through the Pennsylvania Constitution has plenary power over education in the Commonwealth of Pennyslvania. The statutes in the School code have a direct reference to public education. The official statutory reference to the School Code is 24 PS 1-100, et seq. Statutes are placed in the School Code in a section of a particular Article of the code.
Chapters deal with different subjects.
For example, laws concerning professional employees are placed in Article XI of the School Code. Substantive due process issues concern the causes for an action which will result in a deprivation of a property or liberty right. These eight causes deal with the isssue of substantive due process. In the School Code, suspension of employees means furlough. A temporary professional employee is one who is not tenured.