BP 5131.1 — Bus Conduct
Section: 5000 - Students
Status: Active
Adopted: 2017-11-14
Revised: 2021-12-16
Policy text
BUS CONDUCT
In order to help ensure the safety and well-being of students, bus drivers, and others, the Governing Board expects students to exhibit appropriate and orderly conduct at all times when using school transportation, including while preparing to ride, riding, or leaving the bus.
The Superintendent or designee shall establish regulations related to student conduct on buses, bus driver authority, and the suspension of riding privileges. They shall make these rules available to parents/guardians, students, and other interested parties.
Students found to be in violation of the district’s bus conduct rules shall be subject to discipline in accordance with Board policy and administrative regulation.
The Superintendent or designee may deny a student the privilege of using school transportation upon the student’s continued disorderly conduct or their persistent refusal to submit to the authority of the driver.
Bus Surveillance Systems
The Board believes that the use of surveillance systems on school buses will help to deter misconduct and improve discipline, ensure the safety of students and bus drivers, and prevent vandalism. Therefore, surveillance systems may be installed and used on school buses to monitor student behavior while traveling to and from school and school activities.
The Superintendent or designee shall notify students, parents/guardians, and staff that surveillance may occur on any school bus and that the contents of a recording may be a student record and, as such, may be used in student disciplinary proceedings or referred to local law enforcement, as appropriate. In addition, a prominent notice shall be placed in each bus stating that the bus is equipped with a surveillance monitoring system.
Legal
EDUCATION CODE
200-262.4 Prohibition of discrimination
32280-32289 Comprehensive safety plan
35181 Governing board authority to set policy on responsibilities of students
44807 Duty concerning conduct of students
48900-48925 Suspension and expulsion
51512 Prohibition against electronic listening or recording device in classroom without permission