Eligibility and Conditional Riders

DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR YELLOW BUS SERVICE

Eligibility for yellow bus service is determined by where a student lives. Find your designated school by entering your home address into the Find a School. 

Students attending their designated school may be eligible for yellow bus service if they are:

• in Kindergarten to Grade 6 and live at least one kilometre away, or
• in Grades 7 to 12 and live at least two kilometres away and Edmonton Transit (ETS) is not available.

More information about yellow bus service for students enrolled in:

• regular programming
• alternative programming
• kindergarten noon programming
• special education needs programming

CONDITIONAL RIDERS

Conditional riders are students who are not eligible for regular or alternative program yellow bus service but ask to ride on an existing route if there is space on the bus. Conditional riders are not eligible to ride on curb service buses.

2025–26 school year

Apply to be a conditional rider for next year by completing the 2025–26 yellow bus service application form.

2024–25 school year

Apply to be a conditional rider for the current school year by completing the 2024–25 yellow bus service application form.

After you apply

Conditional rider applicants are considered and assigned to a bus route only after all eligible students have been assigned. Most conditional applicants are approved before the school year begins, but some may be approved as late as October.

Be sure to have another way to get your child to school in case your conditional rider application is not approved, or approved after the school year begins.