Parental Transportation Reimbursement Program

The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to Illinois’ parents/guardians of children, grades K-12, to whom free busing is not provided.  For the 2007-2008 school year, the transportation reimbursement program was appropriated $11.95 million, for a reimbursement of up to $101 per qualifying pupil.

    In order to qualify, the parents/guardians’ child must not have access to publicly provided transportation to and from school and must either live over 1 ½ miles from the school their child attends or, if they live less than 1.5 miles from the school, must obtain a serious safety hazard approval from their Regional Office of Education.

The Illinois Parent/Guardian State Pupil Transportation Reimbursement Program was authorized in 1986.