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Policy 6610 Unauthorized Entry of a School Bus

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Authorized Persons on School Buses

The only persons authorized to board a school bus operated by Provo City School District are its students, persons employed by the District, or approved persons volunteering as participants in a schools current activity at the time of boarding.

Unauthorized Entry of School Bus

A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor for unauthorized entry of a school bus for any of the following circumstances:

• A person enters a school bus with the intent to commit a criminal offense;
• A person enters a school bus and disrupts or interferes with the driver;
• A person enters a school bus and refuses to leave the bus after being ordered to leave by the driver and the person:
  • Is not a peace officer acting within the scope of his or her authority as a peace officer;
  • Is not authorized by the school district to board the bus as a student or as an individual employed by the school district or volunteering as a current participant in a school current activity;
  • Causes or attempts to cause a disruption or an annoyance to any passenger on the bus;
  • Is reckless as to whether the person’s presence or behavior will cause fear on the part of any passenger on the bus.

Posting of Warning

Each Provo City School District bus shall have a clearly legible sign placed on each school bus, next to each entrance to the bus, warning that unauthorized entry of a school bus is a violation of state law.

Legal References and Regulations

• Utah Code Ann. § 76-9-107(2) (2003) Class B misdemeanor
• Utah Code Ann. § 76-9-107(3) (2003) Clearly legible signs posted on each bus

Aprovado pelo Conselho de Educação:

13 de dezembro de 2016