Private, Parochial, Charter, and Career & Technical Education Transportation Request
** 2022-2023 School Year Statewide Transportation changes **
- Open Enrollment began on May 1, 2022
- pcct bus stop change - Parents/Guardians Please refer to the memo located below in "Statewide Transportation Operating Parameters"
** Please note: to place a 2021-2022 school year (current year) request after May 1st, 2022 please call the statewide office at 401-304-9136. For current year enrollments do not use the online form after May 1. **
Please register for the Statewide Transportation using the online student registration form below.
Request Transportation Form
General transportation deadlines/information
Transportation requests for the Fall of each new school year must be received by July 31st if you require bus service on the first day of school. If you do not require service until later in the school year, please register 10 business days prior to the expected start date. You will receive a letter to confirm your child's bus stop information 10 business days before school starts.
Transportation request forms submitted on or after August 1st of each year requesting service for the first day of school may receive a temporary bus stop assignment. Parents/Guardians will be notified of their temporary stop time and location by phone before the first day of school.
For students who receive a temporary stop assignment, permanent bus stop information will be provided by phone beginning the week of September 20, 2021.
Pre-K students are not eligible for transportation.
Transportation requests for students with disabilities are submitted by the resident district's Special Education Administrator and parents should NOT use this online request form.
Please allow 4 business days from date of notification for all transportation requests to be processed by our office. During this time, Transportation will create or adjust the route, issue a new or revised route sheet, and notify the bus company who will inform the driver of the information.
Reimbursement for Transportation for COVID-related reasons, September 2020
Form for LEAs
Form for Parents
Out of District Transportation
School districts participating in the Statewide Transportation System for students traveling out of district
- Barrington
- Bristol-Warren
- Burrillville
- Central Falls
- Chariho
- Coventry
- Cranston
- Cumberland
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- East Greenwich
- East Providence
- Exeter West Greenwich
- Foster
- Glocester
- Jamestown
- Johnston
- Lincoln
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- Little Compton
- Middletown
- Newport
- North Providence
- North Smithfield
- Pawtucket
- Portsmouth
- Providence
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- Scituate
- Smithfield
- South Kingstown
- Tiverton
- Warwick
- West Warwick
- Woonsocket
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To become eligible for transportation:
- You must reside in one of the participating districts listed above.
- You may only travel within your designated region below.
- Transportation is provided to and from your resident district.
- Regions do not apply for students with disabilities.
* Although all of the above districts participate in the statewide program, there are some routes that remain at the district level.
* Aunque todos los distritos anteriores participan en el programa estatal, hay algunas rutas que quedan a nivel del distrito.
Region 1
- Burrillville
- Cumberland
- North Smithfield
- Woonsocket
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Region 2
- Coventry
- East Greenwich
- Foster
- Glocester
- Scituate
- Warwick
- West Warwick
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Region 3
- Barrington
- Bristol
- Central Falls
- Cranston
- East Providence
- Johnston
- Lincoln
- North Providence
- Pawtucket
- Providence
- Smithfield
- Warren
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Region 4
- Charlestown
- Exeter
- Hopkinton
- Jamestown
- Narragansett
- New Shoreham
- North Kingstown
- Richmond
- South Kingstown
- West Greenwich
- Westerly
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Region 5
- Little Compton
- Middletown
- Newport
- Portsmouth
- Tiverton
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Students with Disabilities
Parents/Guardians of students with disabilities must request transportation through their local school district special education administrator.
The special education administrator will complete the student data form along with any pertinent information regarding the well being of the student.
The administrator's office will forward the transportation request to the System Manager’s office.
Parents/Guardians, Schools, and Districts,
Depot stop letters were mailed the week of 5/23/22 to all active PCCT families with details regarding this operational change to depot stops for the Fall 22-23 school year. Included in the letter was your students’ specific depot stop estimate for the upcoming school year. This information is only an estimate and is subject to change. Please note: If your students’ school of attendance or home address changes your depot stop will also change.
Final 22-23 transportation letters will be mailed in early August with the final 22-23 school year depot stop assignments.
For families that are new to the Statewide program feel free to call the System Managers office at 401-304-9136 with depot stop inquiries.
School and District Depot Stop Email 2022-2023 [PDF, 177 KB]
ride sop 012 Program Operating Parameters [PDF, 188 KB]
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Transportation Holidays
Bus service is not available from the Statewide Transportation System on the following Federal and State Holidays and days on which state statutes require public schools to be closed:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Day
- Memorial Day
- Fourth of July
- Victory Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Election Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
Vacaciones de transporte
El Departamento de transportación estatal no proporcionar servicio de transporte de autobús escolar en los días de vacaciones del Gobierno Federal y Estatal al igual que los dias la cual la leyes estatales requieren que las escuelas publicas esten cerrada:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Day
- Memorial Day
- Fourth of July
- Victory Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Election Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
Requirements for Vehicles and Licensing
6.10.3 Transportation
- Transportation services for children with disabilities.
- Responsibility. All students with disabilities who need special transportation as a related service and as determined by the evaluation process and described in the individual education program (IEP) shall be provided such service. It shall include free transportation from home to the educational program in which the child is enrolled. It shall also include free transportation to and from the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic facilities when the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic services are necessary to complete the child's evaluation or to provide the services required in the child's IEP.
- Specific Requirements.
- Appropriate devices, which accommodate specific transportation needs of the child, must be provided on an individualized basis.
- A minimum of one (1) aide must be assigned to each bus used for special transportation. Such aide, in addition to providing general care and supervision to all children with disabilities on such bus, shall also provide assistance (from street level entrance of the child's dwelling) to such children lacking the mobility to leave the home and board transportation vehicles, and shall further assist such children in disembarking the vehicle and entering school. When children are transported to clinical, diagnostic or therapeutic facilities, determination of whether a bus aide is necessary shall be based on the judgment of the IEP Team.
- School districts shall provide in-service training for administrative personnel, drivers and aides providing special education transportation services in order that they may effectively deal with the children with disabilities and understand the issues and concerns of the parents of such children.
- Scheduling of transportation vehicles shall be planned whenever possible in such a manner as to provide for the least amount of travel time necessary to transport children with disabilities from home to school and back home again. When travel time for children with disabilities who are receiving special transportation is found to exceed one (1) hour to or from the location of special education services, the parent(s) shall be notified in writing. This notice will include the reason(s) for the duration of the travel time and the notification must include a description of the parent(s) right to an appeal. The school district will submit a copy of the notification to the Director of the Office of Student, Community and Academic Supports at RIDE. This notice will include the reason(s) for the duration of the travel time.
- All vehicles used in the transportation of children with disabilities as a related service shall be equipped with two-way communication devices in case of an emergency.
Employment Opportunities with the private bus contractors who operate on the Statewide System: