The law in Ohio requires a public school district to only transport those public school students in grades K-8 who reside more than 2.0 miles from school.  Districts are not required to transport anyone to and/or from alternate bus stop locations.

While not required by Ohio law, the Bowling Green City School District, in some circumstances, will provide transportation to and/or from alternate bus stop locations providing certain criteria has been met.

1. Parents/Guardians must make the request on an Alternate Transportation Request form which may be obtained from the child's school office, or by clicking here.
   

2. The request must not require an bus route to be changed, altered or added.
   

3. The student must be picked up from the same location (which must be an existing bus stop) every day of the week.
   

4. The student must be dropped off at the same location (which must be an existing bus stop) every day of the week.
   

5. For new requests after the start of the school year, the Director of Transportation must receive the form from the parent/guardian at least two weeks prior to the anticipated change.
   

6. The change will not take effect unless and until approved by the Director of Transportation.

Parents/guardians of students currently enrolled in schools within the district must complete an Alternate Transportation Request form and send it to the Director of Transportation prior to July 1 of each year.  

It is important to remember that the form is a request.  The transportation department does not automatically grant requests, as they must be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Forms should be submitted in one of the following ways:

The district reserves the right to change the approval criteria and to reject requests.