Harris County BOE to consider narrowing bus-stop rule to elementary students

The Harris County Board of Education heard discussion of a proposed revision to board policy JCDA (student code of conduct) that would change the district's rule on leaving students unattended at bus stops from an age-based cutoff to a grade-based cutoff.

Mister Fisher, a district staff member, said the current policy reads "no student under 8 years of age" and the proposed change is "no elementary school students pre k through fourth." He said the shift makes the rule "a little bit simpler, easier for the bus driver to know, this is an elementary student, they don't have to know that exact age." He also said parents may request an exception through a principal: "this parents can request that from the principal, and the principal will make that decision if they feel the student…