Update to the Kids Ride Free on Rail pass

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Anonymous wrote:The allotted amount on the DConeCard is no longer $100. The rides on bus and metro are now unlimited.


The Kids Ride Free on Rail pass can replace the 30-day pass that some students buy each month. Rather than buying a 30-day pass for $30, the Kids Ride Free on Rail pass provides the same benefit for free. Students eligible for Kids Ride Free on Rail pass are also eligible for the Kids Ride Free on Bus pass as well. Therefore under the Kids Ride Free programs, public school students will have unlimited trips on the bus and rail to and from school and school-related activities.


http://ddot.dc.gov/node/1094982

Sorry for the dumb question, so any public school student can have one of these?

Public school students, between the ages of 5 through 21, who live in the District and attend a DC Public School (DCPS) or Public Charter School (PCS) are eligible for the Kids Ride Free on Rail program. Private, parochial, and homeschooled students are not eligible for the program.

Why aren't Private, parochial, and homeschooled allowed? They are still paying taxes? Why do they allow children older than 18? I hope they only allow the cards to work during school time.

Because not every child finishes the graduation requirements at age 18.

There are school functions on weekends and late at night.

I believe if a child has an IEP, they can take up to the age of 21 to finish their requirements.

[Anonymous]

so, no more treks down to metro offices to load the initial pass, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so, no more treks down to metro offices to load the initial pass, right?

no more trips to Metro offices.

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Anonymous wrote:I see lots of DCPS kids riding the train to the mall during school time. Not sure why they don't audit.

How do you know their DC students

Also, DC doesn't have a mall that I know of. If you see the kids at Pentagon City, PG, Wheaton, etc, they are paying for that trip. The student benefit only allows travel within DC and maybe 1 or 2 stops outside. I know you get charged for Pentagon City.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know how this will work if my son is taking the metro out of DC for practice? He is at a charter school and his sport team is in Bethesda.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how this will work if my son is taking the metro out of DC for practice? He is at a charter school and his sport team is in Bethesda.

I would hope that it counts since I will be taking my kid to Bethesda every Saturday for extracurricular classes which to me is school related.