EEAC-R1 - STUDENT CONDUCT ON SCHOOL BUSSES: REGULATIONS
Any student using school provided transportation shall be subject to appropriate regulations. School principals are required to establish specific rules and regulations that apply to their individual schools based upon School Committee policy. While individual or unique incidents of disruptive behavior may occur, the regulations related to student behavior, applicable to all student riders, which are expressly stated by the School Committee, include, but are not limited to, the following:

Procedures for Drivers, Administrators, and Parents
1. In case of misconduct on a bus, the incident will be reported to the school principal on the proper form. The school principal will report the incident in writing to the parent/guardian concerned, with a copy to the Superintendent of Schools. Based on the reported incident, the principal may suspend the individual student´s bus privileges.

2. In case of repetition by the same student, the principal may suspend the student´s transportation privileges until a conference with the student´s parent/guardian is held to discuss the individual student´s behavior.

3. If a satisfactory solution to the student´s behavior, which provides for the safety and welfare of other student bus riders, cannot be reached, the student´s transportation privileges may be terminated. Parents may appeal a decision to the Superintendent of Schools. The responsibility for transporting the student to school will then rest with the parent/guardian.

Loading and Unloading at Bus Stop
1. Riders must be on time. Bus drivers will not wait.

2. Riders will enter or leave the bus at regular stops only.

3. Orderly behavior and respect for private property will be required.

4. Instructions and directions of the driver must be followed by the riders.

Required Conduct Aboard the Bus
1. Riders must remain in their seats when the bus is in motion.

2. Whistling and shouting are not permitted.

3. Profanity and obscene language are forbidden.

4. Smoking and eating are prohibited.

5. Prohibitive disturbances include but are not limited to the following
- Pushing or wrestling;
- Annoying other passengers or disturbing their possessions;
- Disturbing the driver;
- Throwing objects within the bus or out of windows;
- Climbing over seats;
- Opening or closing windows;
- Leaning out of windows;
- Littering the bus; and
- Any other disorderly behavior.

6. Parents will be held responsible for any defacing or damaging of the bus.

Parents and students will receive a copy of these regulations at the beginning of each school year when a bus pass is issued to the student.