School bus fare collection, online and reconciled
Families top up by card and pay for the bus in a few taps, with no cash on board. Every fare links to a verified tap on and tap off, and balances reconcile on their own. You connect your own provider, PayPal, Westpac PayWay, NAB or Stripe, and RollCall takes no cut.
What is school bus fare collection software?
School bus fare collection software is how families pay for travel and how schools account for it, without cash. In RollCall each child has a running balance: parents top up by card, and fares are drawn against it as their child actually taps on and off. Schools connect their own payment provider, PayPal, Westpac PayWay, NAB or Stripe, and RollCall takes no cut. Everything reconciles against real travel, so the fares you are owed actually get collected.
For families, it is a few taps
Top up by card
Top up a balance for each child and pay through your school's provider.
See every balance
A clear total and a balance for each child, with full payment history.
Keep the receipt
Print a receipt for any payment, right after you pay.
Pay the right fare
The cost follows the route and stop your child travels, and every charge is itemised, so you can see exactly what you paid for.
Card details are handled by the payment provider and never touch RollCall's servers. If a balance runs low, the parent is reminded to top up.
No cash on the bus
Families pay online, so there is nothing to collect, count or bank on the bus. That takes a daily risk off drivers and a recurring job off the office, and it means a fare is paid before the trip, not chased after it.
- Nothing to collect, count or bank
- A daily risk off your drivers
- A recurring job off your office
- Paid before the trip, not chased after it
Every fare linked to real travel
A payment on its own is just money. RollCall ties each fare to a real tap on and tap off, so you can see who has paid and who has actually travelled, not just who was meant to. And because every charge is itemised, a parent can see exactly why a fare was what it was.
Price it the way that suits your school
RollCall gives you a few ways to charge. Set a single fixed fare, charge by the route, or use zones so a short hop and a long run are not charged the same. Whatever you choose, the fare follows the booking.
Three ways to priceChange a day and the charge adjusts to match.
Built for how schools really run
Schools lose real money when students ride for free: a driver who cannot stop to collect, a card that never gets scanned, a booking nobody made. RollCall closes those gaps with mature, flexible ways to charge.
Pay as you go
A running balance per child. Parents top up, fares are drawn as their child travels, and they are reminded before it runs low.
Term passes
Parents pay for the term when they book the seat, taken through the app at booking time.
Through school fees
Collect bus costs the way you collect other fees. Run all three side by side if that suits.
Non-allocated loading
If a child rides without a booking, add a loading charge, so parents are encouraged to book in advance.
No-show fee
If a child is booked but does not travel and was not marked absent, you can charge a fee, so the absence and change tools get used.
Every charge explained
Parents see exactly why a fare was what it was: the trip taken, any sibling discount, or a surcharge for travelling without a card or a booking.
Reconciliation your finance team can trust
Every child has a running balance, and payments reconcile against travel on their own. Your office gets a clear view of what has been paid and who is in arrears, per child and per route, instead of a shoebox of receipts and a spreadsheet that never balances.
Parents in arrears are reminded automatically, and refunds are handled by your school office, so there is always a person in the loop.
| Route | Paid | Families owing |
|---|---|---|
| Route 11 · Macedon Loop | 96% | 3 |
| Route 4 · Beagle St | 100% | 0 |
| Route 7 · Riverside | 91% | 5 |
Connect your school's own payment provider
RollCall is not a payment processor and takes no cut. You connect your school's own account with PayPal, Westpac PayWay, NAB or Stripe through a guided, graphical setup. We verify the connection and help you test it, and parents can only pay once you confirm it is set up correctly.
Your provider, no cut
Connect PayPal, Westpac PayWay, NAB or Stripe. RollCall takes no fee off the top.
Guided, verified setup
A graphical setup walks you through it, and we verify and help you test the connection.
Access-controlled go-live
Parents can only pay once you confirm the integration is correct, so nothing goes live early.
Custom IDs for accounts
Tag payments with your own custom IDs so they track straight through to your accounting.
What this takes off your plate
Less time on money is more time on safety
Every hour your office is not counting cash or chasing payments is an hour back on the things that keep students safe on the bus.
Take the cash off the bus, and you hand that time back to the people who keep students safe.
Fare collection questions
Take the cash off the bus
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