School Travel Assistance Portal (STAP) Application processing - Term 4, 2026

The application processing for Term 4, 2026 will commence in the week of 31 August 2026. Once applications are processed, travel offers will be emailed to families by 07 September 2026, where seats are available.

Please note that the system will not be available for families, bus operators, and schools between 31 August and 7 September 2026.

• STAP will auto-renew all active ineligible traveller applications from Term 3 (except traveller applications that have a status of lapsed/cancelled/removed)
• to submit a new application only if there is a change (new school, new address, or new traveller)
• to check that their details in the portal are up to date before 31/08/2026.
• once the churn has been processed, and families have received a travel offer, families should accept their travel offer prior to its expiry date specified on their offer. If the offers lapse, STAP will allocate the seat to the next traveller on the waitlist.
• eligible travellers are approved for the whole year and only need to take action if there is a change of circumstance

Please contact the College Bus Coordinator if you have any queries - transport@cmcb.vic.edu.au

Administration information for schools and the School Bus Program is available: