New school bus contracts awarded to service HIDOE’s 15 complex areas

15-Apr-2024

The new school bus contracts will go into effect July 1, 2024, and run through the end of the 2030-31 school year.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) has awarded new school bus contracts to service student transportation in each of the 15 complex areas statewide that will begin in the 2024-25 school year through the 2030-31 school year. Approximately 24,000 students, or a quarter of total HIDOE’s general education enrollment, use school bus transportation. 

The contracts will go into effect on July 1, 2024. Information for the bus routes for the upcoming school year will be available this summer. 

The contracts have been awarded to the following companies and complex areas:

Hawaiʻi Island

Hilo and Waiākea Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.
Honoka‘a, Kealakehe, Kohala, and Konawaena Complexes – Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.
Kaʻū, Kea‘au, and Pahoa Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.

Kauaʻi
Kapa‘a and Kauaʻi Complexes – Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.
Waimea Complex – Akita Enterprises, Ltd.

Maui and Lānaʻi
Hāna, Lahainaluna, and Lāna‘i Complexes - Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.
Kekaulike Complex – Ground Transport, Inc.
Baldwin and Maui Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.

Oʻahu
‘Aiea, Moanalua, and Radford Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.
Leilehua, Mililani, and Waialua Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.
Farrington, Kaiser, and Kalani Complexes – Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.
Kaimukī, McKinley, and Roosevelt Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.
Campbell and Kapolei Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.
Nānākuli and Waiʻanae Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.
Pearl City and Waipahu Complexes – Ground Transport, Inc.
Castle, Kahuku, Kailua, and Kalāheo Complexes – Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.

Due to the ongoing, nationwide bus driver shortage, regular education bus routes have been modified to improve service and safety for all student riders. If no bus stop locations are listed for your school, please contact your school office or email the School Transportation Services Branch at stsb@k12.hi.us.

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