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Discipline

The Board authorizes the Superintendent or other administrators to suspend a
student from school bus riding privileges only for a period of up to one school
year. The only due process required is notice to the student of an intended bus
riding suspension and an opportunity to appear before the administrator
considering the suspension before it happens. The administrator’s decision is
final.

When discipline problems with individual students arise, use the following
guidelines.

A. Drivers shall deal with minor infractions by riders of bus safety
rules and expectations firmly by oral instructions and
reprimands. More serious infractions or repeated misconduct
shall be made a matter of record by the driver issuing to the
rider a card indicating the type of unsatisfactory conduct. This
card must be returned with a parent or guardian's signature
acknowledging its receipt on the next day the rider is
transported.

B. The most serious infractions of safety rules or a pattern of
lesser infractions result in the suspension, expulsion or
immediate removal of a rider from the bus. When in the
judgment of the driver such action is warranted, a notice of
intention to suspend will be given to the rider with a copy
provided to the transportation coordinator for follow-up action.
The Superintendent, Superintendent's designees, principals
and assistant or unit principals are authorized to suspend or
remove riders from bus riding privileges using guidelines
established by the Superintendent. Suspension of riding
privileges for rule violation or conduct not considered a danger
to persons or property or a threat to the safe operation of the
school bus may not exceed ten (10) days. Such suspension
shall be in accordance with Section 3313.66 of the Ohio revised
code related to due process.

C. Immediate removal from bus ridership is authorized when the
rider's presence poses a danger to persons or property or a
threat to the safe operation of the school bus. The parents of a
rider removed immediately from transportation must be given
notice as soon as practicable of the right to a hearing which
must be held within seventy-two (72) hours of the removal. The
notice shall include the reason for removal. Length of time
removed from ridership shall be in relation to the seriousness of
the infraction, but not more than ten (10) days.

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