The Mount Healthy Board of Education is committed to ensuring the safe and efficient operation of its school buses.

The Board of Education holds that busing is a privilege, not a right, which may be removed from any student who violates the rules of the District, or who conducts himself/herself in a manner which is considered dangerous to persons or property or a threat to the safe operation of the school bus.

Pursuant to R.C. 3327.014 students riding District school buses may have such bus riding privileges suspended by the Superintendent or other District administrators for a period of time not to exceed eighty (80) days for any violation of the Student Code of Conduct or a violation of the reasonable rules and regulations established by the Superintendent and the transportation department (individual school bus drivers). The student may also be suspended from school for such events but the suspension may not exceed nine (9) days. The student is subject to the Student Code of Conduct and bus riding regulations while s/he is physically riding the bus and when the student is at a school bus stop and in view of the school bus drivers.

Students riding District buses are under authority of, and directly responsible to, the bus driver. The driver has authority to enforce established regulations for bus conduct. Disorderly conduct or refusal to submit to the authority of the driver will be sufficient reason for refusing transportation services or suspending transportation services to any student by school administrators.

Before a suspension from bus riding privileges is imposed under this policy, the Superintendent or administrator shall provide notice of intent to suspend these privileges to the student and provide the student the opportunity to appear before the Superintendent or administrator regarding the reasons for suspending the student's bus riding privileges. The parent of the student shall be notified of the suspension and the reasons therefore within one (1) school day of the suspension. Students are subject to emergency removal from a school bus in accordance with the provisions of R.C. 3313.66(C).

This policy will be posted in a centralized location in each school building and will be provided to students and parents upon request.

R.C. 3313.66, 3327.01, 4511.75, 4511.76
A.C. 3301-83-08, 3301-83-09, 3301-83-14, 3301-83-15, 3301-83-20