The Newport-Mesa Unified School District has a new policy this school year that bans kindergarten through 8th-grade students from riding e-bikes on school property and along the perimeter.
“Riding a bicycle or e-bike to school is a privilege, and students are expected to follow the district’s safety requirements,” NMUSD wrote on its website. It’s the first school district in the state to prohibit e-bikes on all its K-8 campuses.
High school students in the district are permitted to ride an e-bike onto campus, but must participate in a safety program provided by the school district…