School
Bus Discipline Guidelines
The following guidelines are delineated for
transportation privileges only:
1. Rules and regulations will be enforced by bus drivers.
2. Parents and
school officials must cooperate to make the bus ride a safe one. Parents
are asked to discuss good bus conduct with their students and to assume
the responsibility for their conduct.
3. Good bus conduct is violated when a student commits an
infraction that is listed below. These
have been divided up into minor and major violations.
Minor Violations
1. Student turning around in seat not sitting
down.
2. Out of seat while bus is in motion. Not in
assigned seat.
3. Pushing, general horseplay.
4. Eating, drinking, littering
5. Inappropriate language
6. Loud talking
7. Intentionally riding wrong bus
4. Drivers
will keep track of minor violations by utilizing a check system.
After the 2nd check the bus driver will
contact the parent and politely inform them of the violations and notify
them that the next check will result in a bus conduct report to the principal.
5. The
first bus conduct report may result in an immediate suspension of bus riding
privileges for 1-5 days. The principal/designee must contact parents regarding
all written referrals. The principal may request a conference with parents or
bus driver or both. Bus privileges may be suspended until the conference takes
place. All conferences must take place in a timely fashion.
6. A
second conduct report will bring a suspension of bus privileges.
7. A
third conduct report will result in an automatic 5-15 day suspension of bus
privileges. Bus privileges may be
suspended for the remainder of the semester or school year.
8. A
bus conduct report must be issued each time a major violation
occurs which endangers the safety or
well-being of others and /or causes damage to the bus. Students may be suspended
from 5-15 days. Repeat offenders may be suspended permanently from the bus
This list includes but is not limited to:
Major Violation
1.
Instigating a fight on the bus.
2.
Physical or verbal abuse of the bus driver or passengers, vulgar language, threatening actions etc.
3. Insubordination,
defying the bus driver and willfully failing to follow directions of the bus
driver.
4. Possession of
controlled substance, alcohol, tobacco, or weapons.
5. Igniting an
incendiary object or throwing it into a bus.
6. Any action, which
is felt to constitute a serious threat to the safety and/ or well being of
others.
9.
Students who vandalize school buses will be responsible for cost of repair and
may be denied bus privileges until restitution is made.
10.
Bus suspension only counts for school days. Bus suspension does not include
days in which a student has been suspended from school.
11.
No firearm of any kind may be transported on a bus as defined in Section 921 of
Title 18 of the United States Code. Reference letter B,
#13 in the student handbook under Possession of a Firearm.
12. The principal/designee may request that a student’s bus privileges be
suspended permanently. This must be submitted in writing to the Director of
Support Services documenting the reason for the permanent denial of bus
privileges.
The
above violations will also carry with it the discipline that is set forth in the
student handbook.
If a student is suspended from one school bus, they are
suspended from all other buses. A school bus suspension is not an excused
absence from school. Students will be expected to be at school each day of their
bus suspension.
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