The City Council of Albufeira is accepting new registrations and renewal of requests for school transport in municipal vehicles for the academic year 2021/22. Applications are open until the 15th of July.
This is a free service that is available to students who reside more than 3 kilometers from the respective educational establishments.
To access this support, guardians should start by sending an email to [email protected], until the 30th of June, requesting a login in order to start the process.
Along with the request, interested parties "should indicate the student's full name, education/teaching establishment, classroom, grade and class, gender and date of birth, TIN, citizen's card or passport number and full address and if has special educational needs or other pertinent observation», according to the City Council of Albufeira.
"You should also send the name of the guardian, the name of the mother and father and the respective telephone and email contacts," added the municipality.
At a later stage, the login (same for username and password) will be communicated to the guardian, so that they can register online, until the next 15th of July, through the Education Portal of the Municipality of Albufeira.
"Only requests for transport from students residing in the area of the education/teaching establishment will be considered, with the exception of students in primary, secondary or professional education who do not have a place, course or area of study in their area of residence, provided that duly proven”, explained the Chamber.
Applications for new applications will only be valid after sending the following documents: Declaration of the employer, Declaration of IRS, document of regulation of parental responsibilities (in case of divorce/separation), proof of IRS (where applicable).
Parents and guardians in a situation of unemployment must "send a document issued by the IEFP and a Social Security Declaration with the amount of the subsidy or current situation and, in the case of Retired or Pensioner, they must send a document proving their retirement pension".
In the case of students who are going to attend the educational establishment for the first time, «the proof of address and enrollment must also be sent».
Also according to the municipality, existing school transport requests will be automatically renewed for the 2021/2022 school year.
"However, guardians must communicate, by the 15th of July, to the aforementioned email, about the need or not for renewal, as well as any changes to the request previously made, namely change of times and location of parents' work, change of their professional status, change of contacts, change of stop, need for transport only in the morning or afternoon, or if the student has permission to travel home alone from the bus stop», warned the City Council.
For more information and clarification of doubts, the Education Division services should be contacted by phone 289599685 or go to the facilities of Páteo –Bloco A for face-to-face assistance, and for this purpose, make prior appointments.
In case the student belongs to the Ferreiras Schools Group, he can contact the group's headquarters through the telephone number 289249960|967136175, between 9:00 am and 16:00 pm, or make an appointment in advance for face-to-face assistance.
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