Out-together rules prevent groups of students from having active hall passes at the same time. When 1 student in the rule has an active pass, any other student in the same rule who tries to request a pass enters Waiting for Approval with the blocker: Another student with an out-together rule is currently in the hallway.
Use out-together rules when your school’s policy or a student’s individual plan requires that certain students not be unsupervised in common areas simultaneously.
Create an Out-Together Rule
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Go to Manage and select Out-together Rules.
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Select Create Out-together Rule.
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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 the reason for the rule (for example, “Safety plan: no overlap in hallways”).
- Students: select the students this rule covers
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Click Save.
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Verify the result: The new out-together rule appears in the Out-together Rules list. When any student in the rule has an active pass, others in the same rule cannot start a pass without approval or an override.
Understand What Happens When a Rule Blocks a Pass
When the blocker Another student with an out-together rule is currently in the hallway appears on a pass:
- The pass is in Waiting for Approval (it is not canceled)
- A staff member with override permissions can apply an Out-together Rule Override to allow the pass
- Once the first student’s pass ends, the blocker clears and a new pass request can proceed normally
Review Configuration Tips
Name rules for the policy, not the students. Names like “No overlap: behavior plan” or “No overlap: safety plan” communicate purpose to staff without exposing individual student information in rule labels.
Keep rule membership small and intentional. Large rules increase the number of daily blocks and make it harder for staff to identify which rule is applying to which student.
Communicate rules to staff. If staff don’t understand why a student is in Waiting for Approval, they’ll assume the system isn’t working correctly. Brief staff on which students are covered and when overrides are appropriate.
Overrides should be deliberate. Out-together Rule Overrides exist for genuine exceptions (emergencies, documented exceptions in a student’s plan), not as a workaround for a rule that’s set up too broadly. Last modified on July 15, 2026
