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Board considers creating e-bike rules for students and campus safety
Summary
A board member asked staff to research e-bike policies used by other districts and suggested requiring safety training, decals and rules that students walk e-bikes on campus; staff agreed to collect examples and follow up.
A board member requested that the board add a discussion on creating district policy for electric bicycles and similar micromobility devices used by students.
The member described parent concerns about students riding e-bikes through car lines and reported an anecdote in which an adult said he nearly struck a student who did not wear a helmet. The board member said other districts are implementing safety courses (one example named in the discussion was Pedal Ace) that include a required safety class, an exam, and a decal for compliant devices.
Staff and board members discussed common policy elements: prohibiting riding on campus (requiring students to walk bikes on campus), mandating safety training and helmets, and using decals or other visible markers to indicate compliance with the safety course. The presenting board member asked staff to gather examples, resource names and draft language for the board’s consideration.
Staff agreed to email materials and named resources to the requesting board member and to add the item to a future discussion agenda so the board can consider formal policy language. No policy was adopted at the workshop.
