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# Create Group Rules

> Set up Group Rules in GoGuardian Hall Pass to apply custom pass limits to specific students or organizational units.

Group Rules let administrators apply pass limits to a defined set of students instead of relying on site-wide defaults. Use a group rule when a specific group of students needs a different daily or weekly pass limit than the rest of the site, for example, students on a behavior plan who need tighter limits, or a support group that needs more flexibility.

Group Rules do not control time-of-day access. To block passes during specific time windows, use [Time Restrictions](/products/hall-pass/time-restrictions).

## Create a Group Rule

1. Go to **Manage** and select **Group Rules**.

2. Select **Create Group Rule**.

3. Complete the form:
   * **Name:** the rule name visible to administrators and staff
   * **Description:** an optional note visible to administrators and staff. Use this to document why the rule exists.
   * **Pass Limit:** enter a number and select the interval: **Per Day** or **Per Week**
   * **Students:** select individual students to include in this rule
   * **Organizational Units:** select 1 or more OUs to apply the rule to students directly in those OUs (see note below)

4. Click **Save**.

5. Verify the result: The new group rule appears in the Group Rules list. Students covered by the rule now use the group rule's pass limit instead of the site default.

## Understand Pass Limit Intervals

| Interval     | When the count resets                            |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| **Per Day**  | At midnight, or at a configured daily reset time |
| **Per Week** | At the start of the configured school week       |

Choose **Per Day** for limits that need to reset with each school day. Choose **Per Week** when students have a set number of passes for the whole week, regardless of how they distribute them.

## Apply OUs for Bulk Targeting

Organizational Units let you apply a group rule to all students directly enrolled in an OU without selecting each student individually.

Important: OU targeting applies only to students who are **direct members** of the selected OU. Students in child OUs (descendants) are not included. If your OU structure is hierarchical, add each relevant child OU separately or add students individually.

## Review Configuration Tips

**Keep group membership intentional.** Large or poorly scoped groups are harder to troubleshoot when a pass is unexpectedly blocked.

**Name rules for the policy, not the students.** A name like "Behavior Plan: Reduced Passes" is more useful to staff than a student's name or an internal code.

**Multiple rules can apply to the same student.** If a student is in 2 group rules with different limits, Hall Pass uses the most restrictive limit. Audit overlapping rules if staff report unexpected blocks.

**"It works for some students but not others."** That's usually a group rule behaving as designed. Make sure staff know which students are in which groups and why.