The date differs depending on the category of reassignment. Please refer to the main reassignment page for information regarding application windows. 

RELOCATION - You can request reassignment under this category if you moved after the start of the current school year and would like your child to finish the school year at their current school. Tuition will be assessed if your move is out of the county. Next year, your child must attend the newly designated school. Exceptions are granted to students who have a change of residence after achieving junior status; they may remain at their current school through graduation.

There is a Student Reassignment Request Form (SRRF) for each category of student reassignment. Request forms for the Build/Buy/Lease, Hardship, and Employee categories of student reassignment are available online. The request form for the Relocation category will be offered by the child’s current school once the school has received new residency documentation and only if the family is eligible for reassignment.

Only buses serviced by Zum Services, Inc., are part of the program as that transportation provider has the required hardware and software readily available.

The pilot program is being conducted through the end of the 2023-2024 school year. Following that, HCPSS staff will evaluate the ridership data, as well as feedback from school administrators, students and families, bus drivers and Zum staff. Expanding the student bus cards program will be dependent on the pilot evaluation, funding, and other criteria.

Parents/guardians will have access to their student’s ridership information via the Zum app, which many families already use for bus pickup/drop off information. The Zum app is available for free download on the Apple Store and Google Play. 

No student will be denied bus service if they lose or forget their card.

If a student forgets their bus card, the driver can manually enter them as being picked up or dropped off. Parents/guardians may opt to attach their child's bus card to their backpack to avoid forgetting it at home.

No, the bus cards cannot be tracked outside of getting on or off a bus.  

Tapping a bus card on the card reader records the student boarding or disembarking the vehicle. Outside of that, cards cannot be used to track or follow a student's whereabouts.

Zum Bus Cards hold unique codes assigned to a student. The cards have the student’s first name and last initial printed on them to help with identification in case they are misplaced.

Students who are part of the bus card pilot program will receive their cards at school.

Zum Bus Cards are uniquely assigned to students and cannot be shared. Students will be provided with information on using the cards prior to the first day of use.