Important Changes to Eligibility for the 2025-2026 School Year
The government has updated the eligibility distance rules for students registered to ride the school bus, starting in the 2025-26 school year. Although the eligibility distance has changed, GSACRD will keep transportation fees for the 2025-2026 school year at the same rate as the previous year (2024-2025). We expect ridership to continue growing for the 2025-2026 school year, so it is essential that all busing applications are submitted by the June 1st deadline. (Please ensure you update the year to 2025-2026 at the top of the application.)
Any bus stops without registered students by June 1st will be removed from the route. Any registrations received after this date will be assigned to a remaining stop on the route.
2025-2026 Fee Schedule
Division Bus Pass Fees
| Type by Grade and location | Eligible funding distance | Year fee |
| K-6 ELIGIBLE RIDER | 1.6 km or more to designated school | $175 |
| 7-12 ELIGIBLE RIDER | 2km or more to designated school | $175 |
| K-6 INELIGIBLE RIDER | Under 1.6km to designated school | $245 |
| 7-12 INELIGIBLE RIDER | Under 2km to designated school | $245 |
| Cross-Boundary RIDER | Not attending designated school | $300 |
| Out of Division RIDER | Resides outside of the division | $325 |
| 2ND Bus Access ** | *50% of applicable fee | * |
| Max Family Rate 3+ RIDERS | Only applies to eligible riders | $545 |
| Replacement bus pass and sleeve | $20 | |
| Replacement sleeve ONLY | $5 |
** Kindergarten Noon Routes, where available, are not considered 2nd bus and would not be assigned a 2nd bus fee for the noon routes where available.
2025-2026 Fee Waiver Form
Does your child require transportation from an alternate location?
* Your child may be assigned a second bus access fee over and above the individual bus pass fee. This additional access fee is charged if your child requires transportation from two separate locations that would require access to two bus routes. The fee will reflect where the 2nd bus address is located.
Please note: The access to an additional bus fee does not apply when the second bus is a kindergarten noon-hour run.
Walk Distances
| Walking Distances to a Bus Stop | ||
| Elementary | 400m* | |
| Junior High/Middle School | 600m* | |
| Senior High | 800m* |
*Walk distances to Bus Stops are guidelines only and may need to be adjusted to a greater distance when necessary or required.
*All measurements for distance calculations will be determined by District Routing Software
If you experience any difficulty accessing or working in the Parent Portal, please call Transportation at (780) 459-7711 or email transportation@gsacrd.ab.ca for assistance, which will be happily provided.
Note: Transportation is provided to those families who apply for transportation and who live more than 2.4 KM to their designated school. Transportation may be provided to those families who apply and reside outside of the walk boundary surrounding the school, where no transportation is available.
The walk boundary distances surrounding schools are as follows: Elementary School is 1 KM, Junior & Senior High is 1.6 KM walking distance using all walking paths and green spaces. In these Walk boundaries, there is no transportation available.