5514 - USE OF PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION DEVICES
The Board regulates the utilization of bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, skateboards, hoverboards, and similar personal transportation devices, whether powered manually by an operator or powered by a mechanical means (including, but not limited to, small gas engines or electric motors). For purposes of this policy, such items are collectively referred to as "personal transportation devices" but do not include personal transportation devices needed and/or used due to a disability. Personal transportation devices necessary for use due to a student's disability are governed by other policies of the Board. Additionally, this policy does not prevent the safe and reasonable utilization and operation of personal transportation devices when needed due to a disability. This policy does not apply to motor vehicles which are subject to Policy 5515-Student Use and Parking of Motor Vehicles.
Because of the clear and present danger of accidents in traffic, inherent to riding personal transportation devices, it shall be the policy of the Board to prohibit the use of personal transportation devices except bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, skateboards, and hoverboards by students on campus for purposes of travel to and from school. Once on campus, students/parents will walk their personal transportation devices to the building.
The Board regards the use of personal transportation devices for travel to and from school by students as an assumption of care, risk, and responsibility on the part of the students and parents of students.
The Board in no way regulates the utilization of personal transportation devices off Board property and in no way takes responsibility regarding the utilization of personal transportation devices on Board property, with the owner and operator of such devices being fully and wholly liable for any personal or property damage resulting from the operation of such devices.
The operator of a personal transportation device must observe all safety laws and rules, display courtesy and consideration toward others, and must abide by this policy as well as all laws and ordinances regarding the operation of the relevant device. Operating or bringing a personal transportation device on Board property is a privilege and not a right. An administrator may temporarily or permanently revoke such privilege to the extent that a personal transportation device is operated in a negligent, reckless, or other manner that creates a risk of harm to the operator or others, or in a fashion that otherwise fails to comply with safety rules, laws, or ordinances. Additional disciplinary action may result from the unsafe operation of a personal transportation device on Board property.
Upon the request of an administrator, the operator of an electronic powered transportation device will dismount the device and walk the device to the appropriate storage area. Failure to comply with an administrator’s request to dismount and walk such a device may subject the student to disciplinary action.
The Board will not be responsible for personal mobility devices that are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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