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Student Discipline
ACCESS TO PENAL AND CIVIL LAWS OF THE STATE
AUTHORITY OF BUS DRIVER
OPEN CAMPUS AT HIGH SCHOOLS
PARENT/GUARDIAN LIABILITY FOR PUPIL MISCONDUCT
| | The Attorney General has made available information concerning crimes committed against persons or property on school grounds. This information includes, but is not limited to, reporting requirements, explanations of crimes and procedures for reporting crimes, explanation of the procedure by which any person or the school may initiate the prosecution of offenders for these crimes, an explanation of parental liability for injury or property damages resulting from the intentional acts of a minor, and an explanation of any right to benefits as a consequence of injury or damage resulting from these crimes.
See CUSD Board Policy #5144, Discipline.
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| | Students transported in a school bus or in a school student activity bus shall be under the authority of, and responsible to, the driver of the bus, and the driver shall be held responsible for the orderly conduct of the students while they are on the bus or being escorted across a street, highway or road. Continuing disorderly conduct or persistent refusal to submit to the authority of the driver shall be sufficient reason for a student to be denied transportation. A bus driver shall not require any student to leave the bus en route between home and school or other destinations.
See CUSD Board Policy 5131.1, Bus Conduct.
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| | The governing board of the school district, pursuant to Section 44808.5 of the Education Code, has decided to permit the students enrolled at Chico High (grades 10-12), Pleasant Valley High and Fair View High Schools to leave the school grounds during the lunch period. Chico High School has a closed campus for ninth graders.
Section 44808.5 further states: "Neither the school district nor any officer or employee thereof shall be liable for the conduct or safety of any pupil during such time as the pupil has left the school grounds pursuant to this section."
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| | Education Code Section 48904(a)(1) provides that the parent or guardian of a minor is liable for all damages caused by the willful misconduct of the minor that results in the injury or death of any pupil, school district or private school employee, or school volunteer. The parent or guardian is also liable for damages to real or personal property belonging to the school district or private school, or personal property belonging to a school employee, resulting from the willful misconduct of the minor. The liability of the parent or guardian is limited to $15,693.00, adjusted annually for inflation.
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