POLICY
4-4.5 STUDENT CONDUCT ON SCHOOL
BUSES
Each Montgomery County Public Schools’ building principal shall have the authority to suspend the riding privileges of students and/or take other disciplinary actions for students who are disciplinary problems on school buses. Parents (or guardians) of children whose behavior and misconduct on school buses violates the Student Code of Conduct or otherwise endangers the health, safety and welfare of other riders shall be notified that their child/children face the loss of school bus riding privileges and/or other disciplinary actions.
In those instances where
students have riding privileges suspended, it shall be the responsibility of
the parents (or guardians) of the student to see that their child/children get
to and from school safely. The bus driver shall be responsible for maintaining
the orderly behavior of students on school buses and shall report misconduct to
the student's principal and provide a copy of all misconduct reports to the
transportation office.
A student shall not be put
off the bus en route to or from school for misconduct on the bus. If the behavior is such that it affects the
safe operation, then the bus shall be parked in a safe location and the transportation
supervisor notified immediately.
LEGAL
REFERENCE: Code
of Virginia, 1950, as amended, §§ 22.1-78, 22.1-181, 22.1-293; Virginia
Board of Education Regulations Governing Pupil Transportation, 8 VAC
20-70-10, et seq.
Adopted:
April 2004
