School transport

Criteria for granting

The municipality of Tuusula organises free transport for pre-school and primary school pupils or assists in transporting or accompanying pupils to school if their jou ey to school is more than five kilometres.

Transportation is also granted in the following cases:

pre-school pupils and pupils in grades 1–2 of basic education, based on the distance travelled, if the jou ey to school is more than three kilometres. The distances are measured by the municipality.
if the jou ey to school is dangerous, regardless of its length
- From 1 August 2021, the Koululiitu application(switch to another service) will be used to help identify dangerous roads.
based on a doctor’s statement (due to illness or accident).

No free transport or assistance will be provided.

if the guardian wishes to send their child to a school or pre-school other than the one designated by the municipality, or
if, at the request of the guardian, pre-school education is provided at a facility offering non-standard day care or at a private day care centre.

Application

School transport is applied for using the Wilma form under Applications and Decisions – Make a new application.
If you are unable to apply via Wilma, please contact the transport secretary.

Kouluun.fi service for communicating transport timetables

Kouluun.fi is a service for parents and guardians providing information on school transport timetables and cancellations.

For your first login, you will receive an invitation link via text message, which you can use to log in to the koulu.fi service.

We recommend using the programme with one of the following browsers:

Google Chrome
Firefox
Microsoft Edge
Safari.

Registration

The Suomi.fi registration option is not available in Tuusula.

Fill in your basic information to register. Required information includes your name, use ame and password.

Please note that you cannot recover your password if you do not enter your email address during registration!

The password must be at least 14 characters long and contain at least one capital letter, one number and one special character.

The following information is displayed for the service:

departure time
point of departure
the name of the vehicle carrying out the transport.

The information is always up to date. Transport services can also be cancelled via the service.

On the Kouluun.fi service, you can view upcoming transport services or cancel them.

On the Transport tab, you will find information about each passenger’s upcoming transport.

You can see the pick-up location, time and destination of the jou ey.

If you wish to cancel your trip, click on the desired trip to view the trip details and cancel the desired transport.

To view transport services for the coming days, use the arrows to scroll to the desired day. Alte atively, click on the date/calendar to open the calendar view, from which you can navigate to the desired day.

Cancellation of transport

The service allows you to cancel a selected trip or all trips within a specific time period.

By clicking on the jou ey in the Transport view, you can cancel that jou ey.

Alte atively, you can make cancellations separately in the view reserved for them.

Clicking on Cancel in the menu opens a view where you can cancel several jou eys at once.

In the cancellation view, select the time period for which you want to cancel trips and click Next. The next view shows all trips to be serviced or serviced during that time period, and you can select multiple trips to be cancelled at once.

A reason must be given for the cancellation in order to avoid incorrect damage cancellations. A reason such as “away” is sufficient. Never write anything personal or health-related as the reason for cancellation.

The service immediately forwards the cancellation to the driver and the municipal school transport coordinator.

Please note that cancelling the trip does not replace the need to notify the school of the student’s absence.

If the trip is cancelled in error and you wish to reinstate it, please notify us immediately by email, stating the student’s full name and school and which trip is involved.

Urgent cancellation corrections must be reported directly to the taxi in question.

Transport planning

Transportation is planned to be safe, economical and appropriate.

Public transport is primarily used for transport (no obstruction of regular transport services). If this is not possible or another arrangement is more cost-effective, the municipality may arrange transport using chartered services (taxi, bus).

Only for justified reasons (statement) can a pupil be transported from their home address to school.

If it is not possible to arrange school transport for a pupil in any other appropriate manner, the guardian may be paid an escort allowance when they transport or escort the child to school or pre-school. The escort allowance is based on the cheapest public transport fare. The granting of the escort allowance is considered on a case-by-case basis.

School transport is organised in a timely manner (Basic Education Act, Section 32).

if the time spent by a pre-school/primary school pupil travelling to school, including waiting time, does not exceed 2.5 hours
if the time spent by a secondary school pupil travelling to school, including waiting time, does not exceed three hours.

Decision-making

School secretaries and the office secretary responsible for school transport are responsible for the practical arrangements for transport.
Decisions on granting school transport are made by head teachers and the head of education (schools other than those in Tuusula).
In early childhood education, the head of teaching decides on the granting of transport for pre-school education.
The head teacher/head of teaching decides on temporary school transport, for example due to illness or accident, on the basis of a medical certificate.

Additions made by the municipality to the evaluation of the Koululiitu application conce ing the classification of dangerous road sections

Roads classified as dangerous for pupils in grades 9 and below:
Ridasjärventie (insofar as there is an 80 km/h speed limit and no pedestrian and cycle path)
Linjatie between Kaukolantie and Vanha Lahdentie, temporary road hazard (valid from 1 December 2021 until the end of the 2023–2024 school year, i.e. until 1 June 2024. The transport benefit
will end if the road’s hazard classification changes due to the completion of the construction site or for some other reason.

Roads classified as dangerous for pre-schoolers and 6th graders:
Kellokoskentie (north of Linjamäki School/after the end of the cycle path)
Linjatie between Vanha Valtatie and Kaukolantie (insofar as there is no light traffic lane)
Rusutjärventie (insofar as there is no light traffic lane)
Siippoontie
Vanha Hämeentie
Vanhankylän koulutie Roads

classified as dangerous for Year 4 pupils:
Hynnänkorventie
Kaunisnummentie
Nummitie
Nuppulinnantie
Jäniksenlinnantie
Pertuntie (insofar as there is no light traffic lane) Roads

classified as dangerous for pre-schoolers: Crossing
Vanha Valtatie at Kirvesmiehentie

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