Code No. 402.8
Staff Personnel
Relations To Pupils And Public
In general, students are the responsibility of the professional staff. However, as noted below, non-licensed personnel should assume responsibility for students.
1. A bus driver is responsible for the students on his/her bus
when he/she is in charge of the students.
2. Teacher associates and secretaries are designated to deal with
students in attendance and related matters.
3. A custodian is in charge of a building during “off” hours when
he/she is present.
4. Playground supervisors are responsible for students during
their assigned employment time.
5. Any time students are behaving in an unruly or destructive
manner at a school function or while on school property, non-
certificated personnel are to assume authority in the matter.
Legal Reference: Code of Iowa Chapter 279.8
Approved: August 14, 1989
Reviewed: Septembeer 17, 2018
Revised: August 16, 2004