Overview

The Chicago Public Schools' Bureau of Student Transportation strives to improve student achievement by providing safe, timely, and cost-effective transportation for all eligible students in accordance with federal, state, and local laws, as well as City ordinances and City of Chicago Board of Education policies and procedures.

Goals

• Students accepted into an Options for Knowledge Program
• Those students who cannot attend their neighborhood school because of overcrowding
• Students who require transportation as a support service because of special needs

Current initiatives

In an effort to improve the safety, accountability and efficiencies in transportation, the Bureau of Student Transportation Services is implementing a bus locator and student ridership system.  With this new system the District will:

• Be able to communicate with parents on the whereabouts of their child in transit
• Be able to locate a bus should an emergency situation arise
• Be able to provide accurate data to state and federal agencies for funding purposes