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- STUDENT CONDUCT ON SCHOOL BUSES
(Regulation)
Policy
GENERAL:
The safety and welfare of students shall be a primary
consideration in matters pertaining to pupil transportation. To this end, this regulation,
the Student Conduct and Discipline Code (the"Code"), and the school bus conduct
rules (the "Rules") shall apply during all phases of a student's transportation
by the District, including, but not limited to, all times a student is in or on any school
bus or other school District vehicle, at any school bus stop, waiting to board any school
bus or other school District vehicle, and while getting on or off any school bus or other
school District vehicle. In addition, this regulation, the Code and the Rules apply
regardless of whether the student is being transported to or from school, to or from a
field trip, or is being transported by a school District vehicle for any other reason. A
copy of the Code will be provided to each student's household and the Director of
Transportation will publish and distribute a copy of the Rules to students who are
transported to and from school in a school bus or any other school District vehicle.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The school bus driver shall have the authority and
responsibility to maintain order on school buses by requiring students to act in
accordance with this regulation, the Code, and the Rules and by reporting a studen's
unsafe behavior or other misconduct to the student's School Principal and/or designee and
to the Director of Transportation, as appropriate, in a timely manner.
Unless otherwise provided by law, the School Principal shall
have the authority to discipline, in accordance with the Code, any student who violates
the Code or Rules pursuant to this regulation and shall, likewise, have the authority to
suspend the riding privileges of any student whose behavior threatens to place or places
the student and/or others in danger of injury. In addition, the Director of Transportation
shall have the authority to suspend the riding privileges of any student whose behavior
threatens to place or places the student and/or others in danger of injury. Where
practicable, a student will be given an opportunity to explain his or her position with
respect to the conduct in question before the studen's riding privileges are suspended. A
student's parent shall be notified prior to suspending bus transportation for their
student.
Parents are encouraged to review and discuss the Code and the
Rules with their students in an effort to help them understand and assume responsibility
for safe, appropriate, and acceptable school bus conduct.
Each student is responsible for exhibiting safe conduct and
for acting in conformance with the Code and the Rules pursuant to this regulation. Failure
to follow the Code or the Rules may result in the student being disciplined pursuant to
the Code and/or in the suspension of the student's transportation services.
INFRACTIONS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS:
The Code provides students and their parents with a summary of
the District's behavioral expectations for students while they are in or on school
property as well as disciplinary actions the District may or must take in the event a
student violates those expectations. In addition, to the extent a student's behavior is
detrimental to the welfare of other students or school personnel, the Code also permits
the District to impose disciplinary actions for a student's conduct off school property.
In addition to Level I disciplinary infractions identified in
the Code (Refer to File: JK), behaviors in or on a school bus or
other District vehicle (or during other phases of a students transportation) that
constitute a Level I infraction pursuant to the Code include, but are not limited to:
Standing or moving while the bus is in motion
Blocking the exit and/or aisle
Extending arms, head or other objects out of the bus windows
Talking loudly
Pushing, or other unwelcome physical contact
Being discourteous to others
Using vulgar or profane language
Refusing to follow the driver's directions
Arriving late to a bus stop
Engaging in unsafe conduct or other misconduct at a bus stop
In addition to Level II disciplinary infractions identified in
the Code (Refer to File: JK), behaviors in or on a school bus or
other District vehicle (or during other phases of a student's transportation) that
constitute a Level II infraction pursuant to the Code include, but are not limited to:
Flagrant and/or continued Level I violations (as noted above).
In addition to Level III disciplinary infractions identified
in the Code (Refer to File: JK), behaviors in or on a school bus or
other District vehicle (or during other phases of a student's transportation) that
constitute a Level III infraction pursuant to the Code include, but are not limited to:
Flagrant and/or continued Level II violations (as noted
above).
Adopted: October, 1996
- Colorado Springs School District Eleven, Colorado Springs,
Colorado
- October, 1996
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