Parent/Guardian State Pupil Transportation Reimbursement
Program
This program is for parents/guardians to whom free bussing
is not provided. It is also utilized by parents/guardians
which live less than 1.5 miles from the school and have a
Serious Safety Hazard approval on file with their Regional
Office of Education. The reimbursement rates are usually prorated,
and are paid out on a per pupil basis.
Purpose and Eligibility
The purpose of the Parent/Guardian Pupil Transportation Program
is to reimburse parents or guardians of eligible students
for qualified transportation expenses. Statutory authority
for this program can be found in the Illinois School Code
at 105 ILCS 5/29-5.2 Student eligibility criteria for this
initiative includes the following:
- The pupil must be under age 21 at the close of the school
year;
- The pupil must be a full-time student in grades K-12;
- The pupil must live either: 1) 1 1/2 miles or more from
the school attended; or 2) within 1 1/2 miles of the school
attended, where a verified safety hazard exists (similar
to the safety hazard mechanism in regular/vocational transportation
reimbursement); and
- The pupil did not have access to transportation to and
from school provided entirely at public expense.
Parent/Guardian Transportation Claim forms are mandated to
be filed electronically via the Illinois State Board of Education
(ISBE) Web Application Security System (IWAS) located on the
ISBE homepage at www.isbe.net.
IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARENTS: PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO FILE A
PARENT/GUARDIAN CLAIM INDIVIDUALLY. YOU MUST GO TO THE SCHOOL
THAT YOUR CHILD ATTENDS IN ORDER TO FILE A CLAIM. THE SCHOOL
IS THE ONLY ENTITY THAT CAN TRANSMIT A PARENT/GUARDIAN CLAIM
ELECTRONICALLY VIA THE IWAS SYSTEM.
Parents can submit claim information at the attendance center
their pupil attends until June 30 each year. Local education
agencies must transmit claim data to the Illinois State Board
of Education by July 30 each year.
If a student lives less within 1 1/2 miles of the school
attended, where a verified safety hazard exists, an Application
for Determination for Serious Safety Hazard must be filed
with the Regional Superintendent in your area by February
1 each year. If a serious safety hazard is verified by the
Illinois Department of Transportation, the approval is valid
for four years.
Forms and Instructions
 Single
Application for Parent/Guardian State Pupil Transportation
Reimbursement 
Parent/Guardian
Transportation Inquiry
2008 Parent/Guardian
Transportation Instructions
Home
School Claim Form
Parent
Guardian Transportation School Memorandum
Application
for Determination of a Serious Safety Hazard
(Please contact your local Regional Office of Education
for the Serious Safety Hazard Application)
List
of Regional Offices of Education
Parent/Guardian
Web Application Instructions (For
School Personnel Only) |
