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 principal. A student may be suspended from bus transportation by the principal or his/her designee for disciplinary reasons up to a maximum of ten (10) days, in which case the parents are responsible for the student's transportation.

Students suspended from bus transportation shall be given written notice of their suspension and the reasons therefore, 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 immediately removed from the vehicle but 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 prepare student school bus management regulations which shall include as a minimum the rules specified in A.C. 3301-83-08(C).

R.C. 3313.36, 4511.75, 4511.76
A.C. 3301-83-08, 3301-83-09, 3301-83-14, 3301-83-15, 3301-83-20