Country bus travel
The School Bus Program (SBP) provides transport assistance for eligible families in rural and regional Victoria via the Student Travel Assistance Portal.
Categories of eligibility determine whether a student travels at no cost or travels upon the payment of a fare. To find out if your child is eligible for the School Bus Program, click here.
• New Country Bus Travellers for 2025 apply online via the Student Travel Assistance Portal when applications open later this term.
• Existing travellers that change schools or address, need to lodge a new application with their existing account and accept the emailed offer when it is received.
• Orientation Day/Step up – All country bus students will need an Adhoc travel pass completed and approved if travelling on the Country Bus Network to their new 2025 school. This is available from your current school or the BSSC General Office.
• Any questions can be referred to the Bus or Transport contact at your current school, the BSSC General Office or to the region’s country bus coordinator via email – buscoord@bse.vic.edu.au.
Urban bus travellers
If you have access to public transport within 1.6kms of your residence, you are not eligible for the School Bus Program (SBP) and will need to purchase a Myki card and use public transport.
• The 2025 PTV Student ID and Pass Application Form will be available on the PTV website from mid-January 2025 or from the BSSC General Office from start of Term 1 2025.
• Yearly or half yearly passes are available for purchase, with completed 2025 forms via PTV Kiosk in the Marketplace or Vline Station after it has been validated by your 2025 school.
• Students that live more than 4.8kms from their nearest attending school of the same denomination i.e., Government or non-government, catholic etc. may be eligible for reimbursement of this cost via a Conveyance Allowance Form submitted with receipt of payment.
If you have any further questions regarding bus travel, please contact the BSSC General Office on (03) 5443 1222.