Bus Pass tells the school bus, before each trip, whether your child is riding.

Every school day has two trips: the morning trip to school and the afternoon trip home. You set each one to Riding or Not riding with one tap, and the driver's screen changes as soon as you save.

For parents
• Pick a student and a day from the next seven, then set the morning and afternoon trips separately.
• Each trip shows its cutoff time, with a countdown in the last three hours. After the cutoff that trip is locked for the day.
• Every change is saved with the time you made it and confirmed on screen. You can also get a confirmation email.
• Confirmation history lists every status set for a student, with the time and whether it arrived before the cutoff.
• Days without bus service, such as holidays, are marked so you know there is nothing to set.
• If your school has turned on live location for your account, the Bus tab shows where your child's bus is while the driver is running the route.

For bus drivers
• Choose from the routes assigned to you, each marked AM or PM.
• The next stop fills the top of the screen in red (STOP: a student at this stop is riding) or green (GO: nobody at this stop is riding). The next three stops sit below it, and the full list is one tap away.
• Stop colors update while you drive when parents change a status before the cutoff.
• When your school's bus garage turns on tracking for a route, Bus Pass shares the bus's location with the bus garage, and with parents the school has given access, from Start route until End route, including while the app is in the background. Bus Pass explains what is shared and asks for your permission first. While location is being shared, a notification stays on screen.

The stop and go signals are an aid. Drivers still follow their transportation policy and look before passing a stop.

Your school's bus garage sets up schools, routes, stops, cutoff times and student links, and creates driver accounts. Parents can create their own account; the school then links their students to it.

Bus Pass is available in English and Spanish. You can delete your account at any time in Settings.