The Regulations of the State Board of Education are located in Title 22 of the Pennsylvania Code whose location in Bertrand Library is KFP 440 A3 Ref. The State Board of Education is a state educational agency consisting of twenty-one members which was created by the General Assembly in 1965. When new regulations are adopted by the State Board, these proposed regulations are published in The Pennsylvania Bulletin. After final adoption, the regulations are placed in Title 22 of the Pennyslvania Code. There are 501 school districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
School districts are political subdivisions of the state.
A school board is a local agency created by the General Assembly to which the legistature has delegated policy-making authority. All school boards consist of nine elected members, with the exception of Philadelphia which is the only non-elected school board. 22 Pa. Code 12.3 a school board must adopt a code of student conduct. 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.