this would remove a bias against poor parents who find it difficult to find ready cash and also prevent students misspending the bus fare money on other items free hometoschool transport should also be provided for upper secondary school students from lowincome families so that their participation in upper secondary education is not inhibited by transport costs the organisation of hometoschool transport should be better coordinated in order to make school consolidation involving several municipalities easier to achieve it is not necessary to provide dedicated school buses as a cheaper alternative but in the absence of suitable public transport an option is contracting private bus operators to provide home to school services