2025-26 School Year Information

Is your child a JCPS bus rider?

Students must complete the Transportation Verification form to be assigned a bus stop. Submissions received after June 13, 2025, may experience a delay in bus stop assignment for the first two weeks of school. If your child is eligible for JCPS transportation and you've recently moved, please also report your address change by using the Proof of Address Form OR call your child’s school.

Transportation Eligibility

The following groups of students are eligible for transportation during the 2025-26 school year:

  • All JCPS students who attend their resides school

  • All students attending Central High School and Western High School

  • All students enrolled at: 

    • Coleridge-Taylor Montessori

    • Johnson Traditional Middle 

    • Whitney Young Elementary at Engelhard 

    • Grace James Academy

    • W.E.B. DuBois

    • Newcomer 

    • Liberty

    • TAPP

    • Phoenix School of Discovery

    • Waller-Williams Environmental

  • Students who are directly certified for Free and Reduced Lunch

    • duPont Manual High 

    • Butler Traditional High*

    • Louisville Male High*

*Butler and Male 9th graders must live within the established boundary.

Special education students with transportation as a documented accommodation in their Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Please note: Special Needs Transportation (SNT) is handled separately and does not require the Transportation Verification (TV) form to be filled out.

Timeline

This timeline is tentative and is subject to change.

April 23, 2025

Transportation Verification (TV) Form launches on the Transportation Portal, allowing parents/guardians to select their preferred transportation method for the 2025-26 school year.

June 13, 2025

Deadline for parents/guardians to submit the Transportation Verification (TV) Form to guarantee eligible students a bus assignment by the first day of school. 

July 28, 2025

Bus stop assignments will be available for viewing in Bus Teller.

August 7, 2025

First day of school!

Frequently Asked Questions

Transportation

Making Your Selection

Accessing Transportation Information

Bus Stop Details

Special Needs Transportation

General Information

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