Regulations Governing Students Riding School Buses

 (See District Policy #730)

Our goal is SCHOOL SAFETY. The bus driver is authorized to control students on the bus and is required to report any behavior that endangers the bus's safe operation. Please help us with our safety program by talking to your student about proper school bus behavior and safety.  Please call Brown Bus at 208-455-2532 if you have questions about bus rules.  

The bus company and the school principal are authorized to refuse service to students if disruptive behavior does not stop. 

BUS SAFETY RULES 

S Swearing or obscene language is not acceptable. 

A Always remain seated. 

F Follow the driver’s directions the first time. 

E Everyone will be held responsible for their actions. 

T Treat equipment and others with respect. 

Y You must keep your hands to yourself and inside the bus.

Proper student conduct greatly contributes to the safety of the district’s transportation program. Because student behavior can directly impact safety, inappropriate conduct that threatens safe bus operations will result in disciplinary action. 

*Refer to Policy 730 for a detailed list of student behavior expectations

Bus Conduct Discipline Procedures

The bus driver will first endeavor to convey to the student the seriousness of violating any student conduct rules. Upon continued violation, the student management coordinator will refer the student to the principal or designee of his or her respective school. The principal or designee will seek to impress upon the student the need for improvement in bus conduct and may utilize various consequences for initial misbehavior on the bus, including, but not limited to, a warning, an in-school suspension, and/or a conference with the student, parent/guardian, and bus driver. Persistent or serious violations of bus conduct procedures may result in the suspension of the student’s transportation privileges. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, the principal or designee, or the district supervisor of transportation, will suspend the student’s bus transportation privileges as follows:

First (1st) Suspension: Loss of bus transportation privileges for three (3) school days.

Second (2nd) Suspension: Loss of bus transportation privileges for five (5) school days.

Third (3rd) Suspension: Bus transportation privileges may be permanently revoked.

Note: Written notice will be provided to the parent/guardian and building administration for every suspension or permanent revocation of privileges. Suspensions for students with disabilities will follow federal guidelines (IDEA and Section 504) as well as district policy.