Bus Behavior Expectations
& Discipline
School Bus Rules and Responsibilities
Appropriate student behavior on school buses is a shared responsibility among the students and parent/sponsor/guardians, DoDEA school administrators, and the school bus office staff.
School Bus Rules
- Obey the driver or adult
- Board and exit the bus in a safe manner and always show your bus pass.
- Stay properly seated and use seatbelts when available.
- Do not throw things.
- Nothing goes out of the windows.
- Remain reasonably quiet so as to not disturb others or the driver.
- No profanity, indecency, smoking, prohibited items, or vandalism.
- Do not eat, drink, or chew gum.
- Be responsible and safe.
School Bus Responsibilities
Students are responsible for:
- Obeying the "School Bus Rules".
- Immediately reporting the loss or damage of the bus pass to the school bus office.
- Providing the school bus office with written notification from parent/sponsor/guardian for any change from the normal authorized school bus transportation.
Parents/Sponsors/Guardians are responsible for:
- Ensuring that their family members know the "School Bus Rules" and comply with them.
- Any damage to vehicles that may result from improper behavior of their child.
- The safety and conduct of family members in route to and from and at the bus stop.
- Ensuring that their family members are at the designated school bus pickup point five minutes prior to the bus' scheduled arrival time.
- Reporting to the school bus office any unsafe actions by drivers or bus riders.
- Getting their family members to and from school in accordance with school arrival and departure if the family member's bus riding privileges are suspended.
- Providing the school bus office with timely written notification when a student has a change in his/her normal authorized school bus transportation.
More information on school transportation can be found at the DoDDS-Europe Transportation page.