§ 3622-A — Aidable regular transportation

§ 3622-a. Aidable regular transportation. For the computation of\ntransportation aid pursuant to the requirements of subdivision seven of\nsection thirty-six hundred two of this article and this part, aidable\nregular transportation shall include the following, provided that the\nschool district shall have voted to furnish such transportation, as\nprovided by law, or that the commissioner shall have directed that such\ntransportation be furnished; and provided further that transportation\naid shall not be paid in a case where the provision made for\ntransportation is inadequate and is disapproved by the commissioner:\n 1. Transportation of pupils to and from school once daily, provided,\nhowever, in no case shall there be any deduction made in determining\naidable regular transportation on the basis of bus mileage travelled in\ntransporting children as part of a regional or joint transportation\nsystem;\n 2. For school districts that do not maintain a high school,\ntransportation for its pupils who have completed the work of the sixth\ngrade and are receiving instruction in another district;\n 3. Out-of-district transportation designed to relieve temporary\novercrowding, subject to the approval of the commissioner;\n 4. Out-of-district transportation to nonpublic elementary or high\nschools;\n 5. Transportation of pupils during the school day to and from programs\nat a board of cooperative educational services or to or from approved\nshared programs at other school districts, which programs may lead to a\ndiploma or a high school equivalency diploma or to or from career\neducation programs operated within the district;\n 6. Transportation of pupils to and from approved summer school\nprograms operated by a school district in the two thousand--two thousand\none school year and thereafter, provided, however, that if the total\nstatewide apportionment attributable to allowable transportation\nexpenses incurred pursuant to this subdivision exceeds five million\ndollars ($5,000,000), individual school district allocations shall be\nprorated to ensure that the apportionment for such summer transportation\ndoes not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000), provided that such\nprorated apportionment computed and payable as of September one of the\nschool year immediately following the school year for which such aid is\nclaimed shall be deemed final and not subject to change;\n 7. Transportation provided pursuant to section thirty-six hundred\nthirty-five-b of this article;\n 8. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, transportation\nprovided in the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year\nduring the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order\n202 of 2020, provided that transportation was provided during the time\nperiod of school building closures ordered pursuant to executive order\n202 of 2020. Such aidable transportation shall include transportation of\nmeals, educational materials and supplies to students, and\ntransportation to provide students with internet access; and\n 9. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, expenditures\nmade for transportation during the period between the issuance of\nexecutive order 202.4 on March sixteenth, two thousand twenty and the\nissuance of executive order 202.28 on May seventh, two thousand twenty,\nwithout regard to whether such transportation was provided.\n