Transportation Registration & Documents

Any questions regarding busing attendance areas and/or eligibility can be directed to the Transportation Department office staff at transportation@brsd.ab.ca or 780-672-6131, Extension 5279.  Email is the most efficient way to get in touch with us. Click on the headings below to read more information on the registration process, etc.  

2023/2024 transportation registration (see links in the applicable sections below).

Applications will be processed in the order they are received. Thank you! 

If your child has lost or damaged their bus pass, please complete our online form (link) to request a replacement. After the replacement pass has been processed, a $10 fee will be added to your child's online account and the old pass will be deactivated. The replacement bus pass will be distributed to your child by their bus driver. 

BRSD & EICS students in the City of Camrose are required to register each new school year for bus service.  Registration for 2023/2024 begins June 12, 2023. 

Transportation will be provided for students residing within the City of Camrose on the following basis:

Eligible students 
- are students living 1.0 km or further from their designated school (for Kindergarten-grade 6);
- are students living 2.0 km or further from their designated school (for grade 7-12);
- will be assigned to the bus before ineligible students;
- must register using the online form (link);
- will receive an email verifying ridership, along with busing details, in late August; and
- will receive their bus pass from their bus driver either on the first day of school or the first day they ride the bus.

Secondary Location Requests 
Eligible students requiring a second bus pass on a different bus: 

  • For joint custody, if both residences are within the designated school boundary AND meet the eligibility requirements, transportation will be provided from both residences with no fee. If either address does not meet the eligibility requirements the secondary stop will be treated as ineligible (if space permits and fees apply). In cases of dual custody, please fill out only ONE application per child for both households.
  • For childcare or other purposes, the secondary stop will be treated as ineligible (if space permits and fees apply).
  • Secondary stops are not available outside of the designated school boundary.

 

Ineligible students
- are those students living closer than 1.0 km (for Kindergarten-grade 6) and closer than 2.0 km (for grade 7-12);
- will be served on a first come-first served basis, for an annual fee, after eligible students have been served;
- must register using the online form (link);
- bus pass could be revoked if an eligible student requires the seat;
- will only be added to the bus if space permits and if all fees for transportation from previous years have been paid in full;
- from EICS will pay BRSD’s Transportation fees (not the EICS fees charged in other communities);
- will receive an email verifying ridership, along with busing details once all eligible riders have been served (note this may take until the middle of September);
- will receive their bus pass from their bus driver

Secondary Location Requests 
Ineligible students requiring a second bus pass on a different bus: 

  • For joint custody, if both residences are within the designated school boundary AND meet the eligibility requirements, transportation will be provided from both residences with no fee. If either address does not meet the eligibility requirements the secondary stop will be treated as ineligible (if space permits and fees apply).  In cases of dual custody, please fill out only ONE application per child for both households.
  • For childcare or other purposes, the secondary stop will be treated as ineligible (if space permits and fees apply).
  • Secondary stops are not available outside of the designated school boundary. 

 

2023-2024: $400/school year (Grades 1 to 12); $200/school year (Kindergarten/ECS)


In extenuating circumstances, an application for waiver of fees for BRSD families can be discussed with your child's Principal. Link - Bus Pass Fee Waiver Application Form

Students residing in the Counties of Beaver, Camrose and Flagstaff for both BRSD and EICS (OLMP & St. Patrick's):

Current rural students transported by BRSD:

- will be included in our plans for the next school year (no registration required) IF rural address AND your school of attendance remains the same; OR
- must register IF the students physical address or school of attendance changes (link).

 

New rural busing students (for 2023/2024):

- must register using our online form (link).

 

Students may be bused to a school of their own choice outside their attendance area provided:

  • the receiving school accepts the student’s registration;
  • the school bus does not go off route to transport the student (the student must meet the bus at an existing stop on the route); and
  • there is room available on the bus.

Cross Boundary Transportation students need to register for each new school year.
Transportation is not guaranteed from year to year. 

School of Choice (Rural) / Cross Boundary Application - link.
After completing, you must print the form, initial next to each statement on page 2, sign, date and submit to the receiving school principal.