Student Transport

Some aspects of school-life will be impacted under the NDIS. Students who attend their designated government special school may get help with travel through the Students with Disabilities Transport Program (SDTP). The Students with Disabilities Transport Program provides transport assistance for eligible students attending their designated government specialist school. The program aims to facilitate substantive equality for students with a disability and is a contribution towards and an acknowledgement of the additional costs families may incur as a result of attending a specialist school. However, attendance at a specialist school does not automatically entitle a student to assistance or preclude parents/guardians from being primarily responsible for their child’s transport arrangements. Student transport is in scope of the NDIS. 

In-Kind Student Transport 

If your child gets support under the SDTP nothing will change for your child until at least the end of the 2024 school year. The department will continue to fund and provide the program until then.

If your child gets support under the SDTP and is an NDIS participant, school transport will appear in their plan as an in-kind item. When you see student transport in your child's NDIS plan, it's only there to show that you get the service.

You do not need to pay anyone for this service, and you cannot use the money for a different transport provider.

The Department is working with the Commonwealth to confirm how school transport for children with disabilities will be delivered in the future.

For more information refer to the Students with Disability Transport Program.