The following procedures should be followed in handling bus incident reports from drivers. Bus drivers have little authority to discipline students, so it must be done by Principals. When a written report is received from a driver, the Principal should take some action on the report, fill out the form for action taken, sending a copy to the parents, bus driver, and Director of Transportation. When a student continues to be a problem on the bus, especially creating a safety problem, action should be initiated to suspend that student. Drivers may suspend a student for a maximum of one trip for a serious discipline problem.
First offenses require, at the minimum, a notification to the student.
Drivers should make sure that incident reports are bona fide problems. Small problems can accumulate to constitute an incident report, but should not be sent to the Principal unless it is a recurring problem. A suspension may be recommended by the Principal for repeat offenders. If bus incident reports are on students who attend different buildings, the Principals of those buildings should collaborate and determine a consistent punishment for the incident. Age and previous record of student should be taken into consideration.