{"id":1255,"date":"2022-06-07T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2022-06-07T14:47:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:47:30","slug":"scottish-government-free-bus-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2022\/06\/07\/scottish-government-free-bus-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Government Free Bus Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free bus travel is available to all pupils aged 5 and over from 31 January 2022 and can be accessed via the National Entitlement Card.\u00a0 We have been working with Customer Services as parents have a choice of applying for a new card via the school system or they can go directly to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/enigma.east-ayrshire.gov.uk:32224\/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiY5ZmIxYTFmOWIxNGUzNjhhNT02MURENTYyMF83MzQxXzE0NDI3XzEmJjVmZWYyZmVhOGY3MTUzOT0xMjIyJiZ1cmw9aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZnZXR5b3VybmVjJTJFc2NvdCUyRm5lYyUyRg==\">https:\/\/getyournec.scot\/nec\/<\/a>.\u00a0 If they go through the NEC website, \u00a0parents will require to validate both their identity and that of their child.<br \/>\nThe other option is for them to apply for a National Entitlement Card \u00a0\/ Kidz Kard via the school.\u00a0 This option assumes that both the parent\u2019s and child\u2019s identity has been validated and simplifies the process the parents. Please go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKXMO8m7AXHVKum4OtqEgHVVUMEdIM0lWWjJIV1FYRkJIQkdBTTVaQk0yNy4u\">NEC Application Form 1 for pupils aged 5 to 10 years old<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKXMO8m7AXHVKum4OtqEgHVVURDNHSFhFQTJPMzZUU0xQTU40VlBET1ZYNy4u\">NEC Application Form 2 for pupils aged 11 to 15 years old<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please submit any applications before 15th June to ensure your child receives their free bus travel card before the end of term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free bus travel is available to all pupils aged 5 and over from 31 January 2022 and can be accessed via the National Entitlement Card.\u00a0 We have been working with Customer Services as parents have a choice of applying for a new card via the school system or they can go directly to\u00a0https:\/\/getyournec.scot\/nec\/.\u00a0 If they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2022\/06\/07\/scottish-government-free-bus-travel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scottish Government Free Bus Travel<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}