EEAFC - Transportation Operations-unauthorized Persons on Buses
Date Adopted: 10 December 2025
Current Review / Revision: 10 December 2025
Authorized Persons on School Buses—
The only persons authorized to board a school bus operated by the District are students, persons employed by the District, or persons volunteering as participants in school activities.
Utah Code § 76-9-107(4) (2025)
Unauthorized Entry on School Bus—
Unauthorized entry of a school bus occurs in any of the following circumstances:
- An individual enters a school bus with the intent to commit a criminal offense.
- An individual enters a school bus and disrupts or interferes with the driver.
- An individual, other than (a) a peace officer acting within the scope of his or her authority, or (b) an authorized person (see above), enters a school bus and refuses to leave the school bus after being ordered to do so by the driver, and either (a) causes or attempts to cause a disruption or an annoyance to any passenger on the school bus, or (b) is reckless as to whether the person’s presence or behavior will cause fear to a passenger on the school bus.
Utah Code § 76-9-107(2) (2025)
Posting of Warning—
Each school bus shall have a clearly legible sign placed on the school bus and by each entrance to the school bus which warns that unauthorized entry of a school bus is a violation of state law.
Utah Code § 76-9-107(5) (2025)