The RFID chip
A small, round chip with a built-in antenna. It needs no battery and no charging. The reader at the bus door powers it for a split second as a student walks by, and records the moment they get on or off.
Counted on. Counted off. Every time.
Our patent-pending RFID design gives every rider a small tag that’s read automatically at the bus door. Students don’t scan, tap, or carry a phone.
Patent pending
Like a toll tag, but for kids.
You drive through a toll booth and the system knows your car passed. SimplySafeChild works the same way. A tag about the size of a key fob clips to a backpack or slides into a school ID, and a reader at the door picks it up as the student walks by.
- No phone, no app and no action needed from the student
- Every on and off is logged with the stop and time
- Works at every stop, even with no cell signal at the curb
Product samples
Small hardware. Big peace of mind.
A tiny chip, a student ID your kids already carry, and screens that show every bus in real time.
Lincoln Elementary2026–27
Maya Johnson
- Grade
- 2
- Bus
- 14
- Stop
- Oak St.
- Student ID
- 204518
Tracking chip inside
Hover or tap the card to see the chip inside.
Student IDs with a tracking chip inside
The chip is built right into the student ID card. Kids carry their ID like they always do, and the bus knows exactly who boarded. No phone, no app, and nothing extra to remember.
The empty-bus check.
At the end of every route, the system compares who got on with who got off. If the numbers don’t match, the route can’t close.
0Boarded
0Got off
!
1 rider still on boardJacob R. boarded at 3:12. Check the bus before parking.
The alert drivers can’t miss
The driver’s tablet shows exactly who hasn’t been counted off, and dispatch sees the same alert at the same time.
A sleeping kindergartner
On the afternoon run, Jacob falls asleep across the back seat. The driver finishes the route and heads for the lot. Before the engine is off, the tablet lights up: “1 rider still on board: Jacob R.” The driver walks back and finds him. What could have been a tragedy is a two-minute delay.
More ways the system watches out.
Wrong-bus alerts
If a student taps onto a bus that isn’t theirs, the driver knows before the doors close.
- Driver sees the student’s correct bus
- Parent and school are notified
Wrong-stop alerts
If a student gets off at the wrong stop, the driver gets an alert right away.
- Prevents a kindergartner getting off early
- Logged for follow-up
Privacy by design
Student location is sensitive, so access is limited to the people who need it.
- Parents see only their own children
- Schools see only their own riders
- Districts control how long records are kept
Put a tag and reader in your hands.
We’ll bring the hardware to your district so your team can see it work on a real bus.