School Bus Code of Conduct - Students with Disabilities

For those students who meet the disability definitions of IDEA and/or Section 504, both Section 504 and Title II protect students with disabilities from bullying or hazing by teachers, other school employees, and third parties. The Office of Civil Rights would find a disability-based harassment under Section 504 and Title II when:

• a student is bullied or hazed based on a disability;
• the bullying or hazing is sufficiently serious to create a hostile environment;
• school officials know or should know about the bullying or hazing; and
• the school does not respond appropriately