The Board of Education requires that student safety and welfare be ensured during the time students are being bused to school. The Board holds that busing is a privilege, not a right, which may be removed from any student who violates the rules of the District, or who conducts himself/herself in a manner which is considered dangerous to persons or property or a threat to the safe operation of the school bus.

The school bus driver shall be responsible for discipline of students while they are being transported to or from school. When a problem in student conduct requires stringent discipline, the driver shall report it in writing to the building administrator. A student may be suspended from bus transportation by the Superintendent for disciplinary reasons in which case the parents are responsible for the student's transportation.

Students who do not abide by the rules of conduct shall be suspended from bus transportation and shall be given written notice of their suspension and the reasons therefor, and an opportunity to appear at an informal hearing to answer the charges against them. Students whose conduct on the bus is so grievous as to consider expulsion from bus transportation shall be provided with the hearing privileges of R.C. 3313.66 (B)(D)(E).

Students whose conduct on the bus is an immediate danger to persons or property or a threat to the safe operation of the school bus may be removed as soon as practicable from the vehicle and shall be given notice as soon as practicable of a hearing which must be held within seventy-two (72) hours of the removal.

The Superintendent shall establish administrative guidelines to ensure proper compliance with all aspects of State law and State Department of Education regulations.

R.C. 3313.66, 3327.01, 4511.75, 4511.76
A.C. 3301-83-08, 3301-83-09, 3301-83-14, 3301-83-15, 3301-83-20