Student Vehicle Regulations
The following requirements and controls are to be implemented at each high school. In addition, rules and information may be issued when a vehicle is registered with the school. The term “motor vehicle” applies not only to automobiles, but to all types of motor driven vehicles (fuel or electric).
1. Student must present a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance. Being 16 years of age and having a valid driver’s license does not guarantee the student a parking permit. The campus administrator will determine which students qualify for parking permits.
2. The district provides limited parking space for students. The student should be aware that he/she cannot be assured of a space in which to park daily.
3. The parking fee of $50.00 per year shall be charged all students who desire to drive a motor vehicle to school and provide proof of liability insurance and valid driver's license. This fee is adjusted to $40.00 at mid-term or after. If the driving privilege is revoked by the school, no refund will be granted.
4. All vehicles must have a parking permit sticker placed on the windshield, driver's side, above a valid inspection sticker so that it is readily visible at all times.
5. Permits to park vehicles on school campuses shall be limited to students who have registered their vehicle and been issued an appropriate campus parking sticker.
6. Failure to follow the parking guidelines or Code of Conduct regulations may result in parking privileges being revoked with no refund,
7. Vehicles shall be parked only in areas designated by the principal for student parking.
8. Students shall not park in areas designated as NO PARKING ZONES or BUS PARKING ZONES, or park in such a position as to obstruct movement of emergency vehicles, delivery trucks and maintenance trucks.
9. Vehicles that do not have a parking permit or are improperly parked shall be towed away by a bonded commercial wrecker. It shall be the responsibility of the student and/or owner of the car to recover the vehicle and pay for tow-away charges. (The principal will have a record as to where the vehicle has been taken, should it be towed away.) Students may also call (281) 897-4337 after school hours for the towed vehicle's location.
10. The speed limit on campus is 15 m.p.h. Students who violate the speed limit or exhibit reckless driving shall have their parking permits revoked and shall be subject to disciplinary action.
11. The fee for any parking sticker acquired under false pretenses will not be refunded. Any student providing or acquiring a parking sticker under false presence will have parking privileges revoked.
12. Vehicles parked on school property are under the jurisdiction of the school. The school reserves the right to search any vehicle if reasonable cause exists to do so. Students have full responsibility for the security of their vehicles and will make certain they are locked and that their keys are not given to others. Students will be held responsible for any prohibited objects or substances, such as, but not limited to, alcohol, drugs, and weapons, that are found in their cars and will be subject to disciplinary action. Searches of vehicles may be conducted at any time there is reasonable cause to do so, with or without the presence of the student. (See CC 56-58)
13. The district is not liable for vandalism, theft, or damage to any vehicle parked on school property.
14. Any student with an unpaid fine or fee may not be issued a parking sticker.
15. Student will not be permitted to: speed in any district parking lot double park or back-in park park across a white or yellow line park in a fire lane loiter or sit in parked cars during school hours
16. Any person involved in an accident while on school property must share pertinent information such as, but not limited to, name, address, driver's license, and insurance carrier with all parties involved. Failure to exchange information may result in loss of parking privileges and/or other disciplinary consequences.
Students may be issued traffic tickets from the CFISD Police Department for parking and/or moving violations in accordance with state law. These Class C traffic tickets will be filed through the Harris County Justice of the Peace Court. Failure to comply with the vehicle regulations may result in disciplinary action, issuance of a Class C ticket by the CFISD Police Department and filed through the Harris County Justice of the Peace Court, or loss of vehicle permit and campus parking privileges. Certain violations will result in the removal of the vehicle from campus at the owner’s expense. Vehicles may be searched for drugs, weapons and other contraband by school administrators and CFISD Police Officers using trained dogs. Anything found in a vehicle driven to school by a student is considered to be in possession of the student.