EDC § 39808

(a) The governing board of any school district may allow a pupil entitled to attend the school of the district, but who, under Section 48222, attends a school other than a public school to be transported upon the same terms, in the same manner, and over the same routes of travel as is permitted pupils attending the district school.

(b) The allowance provided for in this section shall be restricted to actual transportation when furnished by the district to pupils attending the district school, and nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or permit in lieu of transportation payments of money to parents or guardians of pupils attending private schools.