On this page
School bus transport stakeholders can find an overview of the 2025 updates to the department’s transport policy and related documents on this page. You can also access public documents and learn how to request access to internal procedures.
About the updates
The department’s school transport policy has been updated to meet the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) requirements by addressing and formalising existing roles and responsibilities of all involved in the school transport service provision.
The new policies and procedures are in effect as of term 3 2025.
Transport policies
These policies are available to the public:
- school transport policy (PDF 385 KB)
- school bus driver policy (PDF 589 KB)
- school bus maintenance and safety policy (PDF 580 KB) .
Transport procedures
These procedures are available to the public:
- department and contract school bus driver procedure (PDF 630 KB)
- school bus maintenance and safety procedure (PDF 645 KB)
- school bus travel procedure (PDF 620 KB)
- travelling and state education allowance procedure (PDF 594 KB)
- school bus management procedure (PDF 651 KB) .
The following procedures are internal documents. You can request access by completing the request form:
- closed circuit TV (CCTV) procedure – request access
- driver review procedure – request access
- establishing or altering a school transport service procedure – request access.
