FILE: JCDAD
SCHOOL BUS CONDUCT
Each school bus operator shall distribute to each student at the beginning of the school year a form listing the Richland Parish School System's regulations pertaining to students riding school buses. The form shall be signed by the student and parent to indicate that they are familiar with regulations therein, and returned to the operator. The principal shall be responsible for keeping the forms on file.
The principal, together with the bus operator, shall assume full responsibility for discipline of students riding buses. Any disciplinary problems shall be reported by the operator to the principal of the school involved. It is the duty of the operator, in case of any infraction of rules by any student, to notify the principal of the school the student attends. If possible, this must be done in person. It is the responsibility of the principal to determine necessary punishment to students violating regulations.
If found necessary, the principal may suspend bus privileges. Any parent of a student suspended from riding a school bus shall have the right to appeal to the Parish Superintendent, who shall conduct a hearing on the merits of the bus suspension.
A student damaging a school bus shall be subject to suspension from school. Any student suspended for damages to any school bus shall not be readmitted until payment in full has been made for such damage or until his/her readmittance is directed by the Superintendent.
At no time shall the bus operator assume authority for suspending bus privileges or taking such disciplinary action as requiring a student to kneel or inflicting corporal punishment. If the conduct of a student becomes such that his/her removal from the bus becomes essential, the operator shall discharge the student at the student's regular stop. A student riding a bus shall never be unloaded along the highway except at his/her designated stop.
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:223, 17:416, 17:416.1
Richland Parish School Board