| The following student code is primarily a statement of the code of conduct, responsibilities and procedural rights. While it relies heavily on Board Policy, it is not a restatement of that policy. For a complete text of the Board Policy on Students, each administrative office of the school corporation has a copy of School Board Policy for review. |
In the interest of safety, students are expected to behave on the school buses and at bus stops just as they do at school. All school rules of conduct apply to students while they are being provided transportation. It is the duty of the bus drivers to safely transport children, just as it is the duty of parents to acquaint children with the type of behavior required, and to insist that they behave while riding the bus. It is a privilege for a student to have bus service, and this privilege is retained by obeying the established rules.
Students must board and depart from the bus at their assigned bus stop. Students are not permitted to ride any bus other than the one to which they are assigned. Requests for permission for a student to ride a bus different than the one to which he/she is assigned must be made in writing to the school administrator.
Installed on each school bus will be a video box that may contain a video camera for the purpose of assisting the transportation drivers in monitoring student behavior. Disruptive and/or dangerous student behavior, which has been identified through video monitoring, will be reviewed by the transportation drier, building principal and administrator in charge of transportation.
The Indiana Code 20-9.1-5-19 provides the
legal right to discipline school children who are being transported
by the School City of Hobart. Students who do not follow the rules
may have their riding privileges suspended.
1. Each pupil shall be seated immediately upon entering the bus in the seat assigned by the driver.
2. No pupil shall stand or move from place to place during the trip.
3. Loud, boisterous, or profane language or indecent conduct will not be tolerated.
4. Pupils will not be allowed to tease, scuffle, trip, hold, hit, or use their hands or feet in any other objectional manner or form of horseplay.
5. No windows or doors will be opened or closed except by permission of the driver.
6. No pupil shall enter or leave the bus until it has come to a full stop and the door has been opened by the driver.
7. The child should be waiting at his or her boarding station when the school bus arrives.
8. Pupils will be expected to get on and off the bus at the same location every day. Permission to get off at any other point will be given only with written approval from the principal or assistant principal of the school in which the child is enrolled.
9. Do not destroy or damage bus property. Those who damage the bus will be expected to pay for repair.
10. Help keep the bus clean, sanitary, and orderly.
11. No animals, insects or other matter which, in the opinion of the driver could be a detriment to control or discipline, shall be allowed on board.
12. Pupils must wait for a signal from the bus driver before they can cross in front of the bus.
13. The bus driver has the same relationship to the student as the classroom teacher. It is the driver's duty to maintain order on the bus at all times.
14. No spitting in, on, or out of the window of the school bus.
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