Some CT school districts to begin giving out bus passes, offering students a free ride

Connecticut now offers free public transportation bus passes to some high schoolers across the state. Above, a CTtransit bus passes a bus stop on Downing Street in New Haven on August 26, 2026. (Arnold Gold/Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut M) For hundreds of Connecticut high schoolers, getting to class, work, afterschool activities and more just got easier - and free. A new state program offers some school districts the opportunity to distribute bus passes to students in ninth through 12th grade t…