Transportation

Transportation at Findlay City Schools

Welcome to the Transportation Department of Findlay City Schools! We are proud to provide safe, reliable transportation that supports student learning across the district!

Our Mission

To ensure the safe and efficient transportation of all eligible students, while fostering a positive, respectful, and supportive environment on every bus and in every interaction.

Transportation Eligibility

Ohio law requires boards of education to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade who live more than two miles from their assigned school. However, Findlay City Schools has chosen to extend transportation services beyond the state requirement.

For the 2026-2027 school year, transportation will be provided based on the following guidelines:

• Grades K-5: Transportation will be provided for students living outside a 1-mile radius of their school of residence.
• Grades 6-12: Transportation will be provided for students living outside a 2-mile radius of their school of residence.

Students receiving transportation services due to an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Plan will always receive those required services.

Policy EEACC: Student Conduct on District Managed Transportation

The Board furnishes transportation in compliance with State law. This fact does not relieve parents of students from the responsibility of supervision until such time as the student boards the vehicle and after the student leaves the vehicle at the end of the school day.

Policies and procedures for student conduct on District managed transportation are designed to ensure the safety and welfare of all passengers and are developed cooperatively with administrators and transportation personnel.

Students on District managed transportation are under the authority of, and directly responsible to, the driver. The driver has the authority to enforce the established regulations for rider conduct. Disorderly conduct or refusal to submit to the authority of the driver is sufficient reason for refusing transportation services or suspending transportation services to any student once proper procedures are followed.

The Board authorizes the Superintendent or other administrators to suspend a student from District managed transportation privileges for a period not to exceed one school year. The only due process required is the student must receive notice of an intended suspension from District managed transportation and an opportunity to appear before the Superintendent or other administrator before the suspension is imposed. 

The Board’s policy regarding suspension from District managed transportation privileges must be posted in a central location in each school building and made available to students upon request.

Regulations regarding conduct on District managed transportation, as well as general information about the school transportation program, are available to all parents and students.

Transportation Registration

• Findlay City Schools Transportation: Register within Final Forms. *Note: Babysitter, Alternate Address, and Childcare Provider requests are not processed until Final Forms are completed and the Transportation Special Request Form (below) is submitted.
• Parochial School Transportation: Register Here & View Walk Zones Here