JCPS parents can begin signing up this week for transportation stipends | Education [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Jefferson County Public Schools parents can begin signing up this week for stipends if they lost bus transportation this year.

Qualified parents will receive notice this week with step-by-step instructions on how to sign up, the district said. The stipends are eligible for families that lost transportation this year and chose to transport their own kids to school.

Families will be eligible for $5 a day, or $10 if that student qualifies for free/reduced lunch. It’s also based off attendance and will be tied to Infinite Campus. Payments will begin to roll out Sept. 9. Payments for August will be completed later in September.

JCPS said only one adult per student will be eligible to receive the stipend. If a student has two people transporting them, it must be worked out amongst the adults how to split the stipend. If an adult is transferring two students …