Section 14103 - Authority of the Driver(a) Pupils transported in a school bus or in a school pupil activity bus shall be under the authority of, and responsible directly to, the driver of the bus, and the driver shall be held responsible for the orderly conduct of the pupils while they are on the bus or being escorted across a street, highway or road. Continued disorderly conduct or persistent refusal to submit to the authority of the driver shall be sufficient reason for a pupil to be denied transportation. A bus driver shall not require any pupil to leave the bus enroute between home and school or other destinations.(b) Governing boards shall adopt rules to enforce this section. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, specific administration procedures relating to suspension of riding privileges and shall be made available to parents, pupils, teachers, and other interested parties.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, § 14103
Note: Authority cited: Section 39831, Education Code. Reference: Sections 39830 and 39831, Education Code. Cross-reference: Section of Title 131217(h) of Title 13, California Administrative Code.