08/13/2026
HCS Tagged Child Program
CD, K, &1st Grade Students
The Tagged Child Program is designed to ensure that young riders on school buses are delivered to the correct bus stops with proper supervision. All students who attend child development, kindergarten, or first-grade classes are considered Tagged Children.
The purpose of the written instructions is to ensure the safety and well-being of all students on board any State or County school bus in Horry County. To give guidance to bus drivers, supervisors, and school administrators in the proper manner to handle Tagged Children.
The school that each tagged child attends is responsible for providing a tag that is to be worn by the child when onboard any school bus. The tag worn by the child must have the following information:
The child's full name
The route number that the child rides
The child's bus stop location
A PowerSchool photo of the child, if available
Child's current grade level. (CD, K, or 1st Grade)
Note: Tags are not to have names of people who are authorized to pick up the student. It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to be at the bus stop. Drivers will not be checking IDs at the bus stop.
The Driver must be on his/her bus, by the entrance, during the loading process. The Driver must check each child's tag information for accuracy prior to that child taking their seat.
All tagged children must have assigned seats in the rows nearest the front of the bus. If a tagged child has an older sibling on the same bus, they may sit together; however, it must be a seat at the front designated for tagged children.
The child's tag must be worn by the child until that child exits the bus and has supervision at the bus stop.
During the unloading process of a tagged child, the driver must remove the child's tag prior to the child exiting the bus and verify that the child is at the correct bus stop and that the child is supervised when getting off the bus.
All tagged children must have supervision at the bus stop before the child is allowed to depart the bus.
At bus stops where community leaders are picking up multiple students, the driver must ensure that all tagged children have been accounted for and are under the supervision of the community leader prior to the bus leaving that stop.
When at the bus stop of a tagged student, the driver determines that the child does not have supervision present, the driver will immediately contact their supervisor via radio, and in most cases return the tagged child to his/her school before their next route.
When at the bus stop of a tagged child in child development, kindergarten, or first grade, the driver determines that the information on the tag is incorrect, the driver will contact their supervisor immediately via radio. The driver will follow the instructions given by his/her supervisor. If, for any reason, the driver cannot reach their supervisor, they will return the tagged child to his/her school before their next route.
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