Ministry of Education
Useful information on the Ministry of Education Website
- Who can I contact?
- Information about where you can find more information on school transport assistance and who you can contact on school transport matters.
- Service agent contact details
- Contact details for your local service agents
- School transport factsheets
- The Ministry's school transport policy is now outlined in factsheets which provide further information for schools and caregivers
- Eligibility
- This page describes the eligibility criteria for School Transport Assistance. The application form is also available on this page.
- Types of school transport assistance
- Information about the different ways in which school transport assistance is provided
- Special Education School Transport Assistance (SESTA)
- Information on the types of assistance available for SESTA students and how they can apply. Application form also available on this page.
- Transport Entitlement Zones (TEZs)
- A Transport Entitlement Zone (TEZ) s the area in which a student can access his or her ministry funded transport entitlement to a school
- Transport Entitlement Zone (TEZ): Alterations process guide
- This page sets out the process for altering a transport entitlement zone
- Bus route design
- General information about Ministry-administered school bus services.
- School bus safety
- Information about safe practices for school buses and how the Ministry and other organisations ensure that bus services are safe
- Bus Controller Allowances
- Bus controllers are the main point of contact within a school for transport for caregivers and are responsible for bus route administration and safety for their school
- Communicating on school transport with caregivers
- Newsletter tip and hints that schools can use when communicating with caregivers on the Ministry's school transport policies
- Safe Behaviour on Buses
- Safe Behaviour on Buses is a voluntary programme which has been developed to help schools and bus operators work together around the issue of student behaviour on buses
- Directly Resourced (DR) funding rates for 2011/12
- Information about the funding rates for DR School Transport 2011/12
- 2009/2010 Direct Resourcing Memorandum of Agreement
- This page contains the 2009/10 Direct Resourcing Memorandum of Agreement and supporting documents for both single schools and school transport networks.
- Special Education School Transport Assistance (SESTA) operators
- Current operators contracted by the ministry for the delivery of school transport assistance to special education students
- Bus contract tender rates
- Total kilometre rates paid for Ministry daily and technology bus routes
- Transport assistance funding rates 2011/12 - Māori-medium schools
- Information about the 2011/12 funding rates for Māori medium schools.
