The school bus is an extension of the school itself. All students riding HIDOE school buses shall abide by the following rules for their own safety and the safety of others. Riding the school bus is a privilege, not a right.

Hawaii Administrative Rule (HAR) 8-28 provides guidance to provide safe transportation for students by setting safety regulations relating to passenger conduct, passenger safety instructions, disciplinary procedures, and school bus driver’s responsibility and authority.

Nā rula kaʻa kaʻa

Ma ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa kula i koho ʻia a i ke kau ʻana, pono nā haumāna:

• Not bring other children who will not be passengers on the bus or animals to the bus stop.
• E hele i ka manawa ma ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa kula i koho ʻia e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaʻa i ka papa manawa.
• E noho ma ke alanui e kali ana i ke kaʻa a e mālama pono iā lākou iho i ke kali ʻana.
• Mai kamaʻilio leo nui ma nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa e hoʻopilikia paha i nā kamaʻāina kokoke.
• ʻAʻole e hoʻopalapala a hoʻohaumia paha i ka waiwai o ka lehulehu a i ʻole ka waiwai pilikino ma nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa.
• ʻAʻole e komo hewa i ka waiwai pilikino oiai e kali ana ma nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa.
• E laina i kahi faila hoʻokahi i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia a kali a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ke kaʻa ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kau i ke kaʻa.
• E hele wāwae ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui e kū pono ana i nā kaʻa e hiki ai i ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa inā ʻaʻohe ala ala.
• Mai lawe i nā mea ma luna o ke kaʻa e hōʻeha ai i nā poʻe holo a lawe i nā mea hiki ʻole ke mālama pono ʻia ma lalo o ka noho.
• E hoʻohana i ka lima lima a nānā i ko lākou hele ʻana i ke kau ʻana i ke kaʻa.

I ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kaʻa a me ke ala ʻana i nā alanui, e mālama nā haumāna i kēia mau kaʻina hana:

• E waiho wale i ke kaʻa kaʻa ma nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa mau, ke ʻole i hāʻawi mua ʻia ka mana kūpono e ke kumu kula.
• E hoʻohana i ka lima lima a nānā i ko lākou hele ʻana i ka wā e haʻalele ai i ke kaʻa.
• I ka hele ʻana i ke alanui ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa, e hele nā haumāna i 12 kapuaʻi ma mua o ke kaʻa a e nānā inā e ʻā ana nā kukui ʻulaʻula ma luna o ke kaʻa kula. Ina e olapa ana na kukui, nana lakou i ke kalaiwa a kali i ke kalaiwa e haawi mai i ka hoailona e hele ai. Inā ʻaʻole ʻā nā kukui ʻulaʻula, ʻaʻole e hele nā haumāna ma ke alanui a haʻi aku i ke kalaiwa ʻaʻole e hana nā kukui ʻulaʻula a noi i ke kalaiwa no ke kōkua ma ke ala ʻana i ke alanui.

E holo nā haumāna i nā kaʻa kaʻa i nā manawa a me nā wahi i kuhikuhi ʻia.

Palekana Bus

We strongly recommend that a responsible adult be present at the bus stop in the morning and in the afternoon for children 10 and under. Bus drivers are not responsible to match each child with a specific adult at the bus stops. 

It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to ensure a responsible adult is at the bus stop or make alternative arrangements for their child if they are unable to walk alone to and from the bus stop.

Holo i ka Bus

• E kiʻi i kahi kaʻa kaʻa ma kahi o ʻelima mau minuke ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaʻa e hōʻea.
• Ke hoʻokokoke mai ke kaʻa kaʻa, e kū ma kahi o ʻeono kapuaʻi ka mamao mai ka pā.
• Inā pono ʻoe e hele i ke alanui ma mua o ke kaʻa, e hoʻohana i kahi ala hele wāwae.  
• Ke haʻalele ʻoe i ke kaʻa, e makaʻala i ʻole e paʻa nā lole ʻokoʻa a i ʻole nā ʻaʻahu me nā kaula huki a me nā ʻeke puke me nā kaula i nā lima lima a i ʻole nā puka.
• Never walk behind the bus.
• Ma hope o kou haʻalele ʻana i ke kaʻa, e hele ma kahi o 10 kapuaʻi ka mamao mai ka ʻaoʻao o ke kaʻa.
• Inā hāʻule ʻoe i kahi mea ma kahi kokoke i ke kaʻa, e haʻi i ke kaʻa kaʻa. Mai ho'āʻo e kiʻi iā ia no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea hoʻokele ke ʻike iā ʻoe.
• Pono nā haumāna ma ke kaʻa kaʻa e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kalaiwa a me nā mea holo ʻē aʻe ma luna o ka moku. E kamaʻilio mālie a hahai i nā ʻōlelo a ke kalaiwa. E hoʻohana mau i nā headphone ke hoʻolohe i ke mele a i ʻole ke nānā ʻana i nā wikiō ma ke kaʻa. 
• E ʻike i kou helu home, helu kelepona makua/mākua, helu kelepona ʻē aʻe o ke kanaka makua hilinaʻi, a pehea e hoʻohana ai i 911 no nā pilikia pilikia.

E hele wāwae ana i kahi kaʻa kaʻa

• E hoʻolālā i kahi ala hele wāwae i ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa. E koho i ke ala pololei loa me ka liʻiliʻi loa o nā keʻa alanui a hoʻohana i nā hui me nā ala ala i koho ʻia. E ho'āʻo i ke ala. E haʻalele i nā paka, nā ʻāpana hakahaka, nā kula a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe kahi i nui ʻole ai ka poʻe a puni.
• E nānā mau i ka hema, a laila ʻākau, a laila hema hou ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ke alanui a hāʻawi i ka manawa kūpono e ʻaʻa i ke alanui me ka maluhia.
• Mai kamaʻilio me nā malihini a ʻae paha i nā kaʻa a i nā makana mai nā malihini.

Hoʻopaʻi

Hiki ke hōʻole ʻia nā haumāna hana hewa ma ke kaʻa a hoʻopaʻi ʻia e like me ka wehewehe ʻana ma Mokuna 19 of Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules. 

When the school receives a School Bus Incident Report, the principal will conduct an investigation of the incident and notify the parents and/or guardians of the outcome. If the child is precluded from riding the school bus as a result of the principal’s disciplinary action, a refund will not be issued for the unused portion of the bus pass. 

Video monitoring and GPS are active on all school bus vehicles to assist with incident report tracking and documentation.