N.Y. Education Law § 3622-a: Aidable regular transportation

§ 3622-a. Aidable regular transportation. For the computation of

transportation aid pursuant to the requirements of subdivision seven of

section thirty-six hundred two of this article and this part, aidable

regular transportation shall include the following, provided that the

school district shall have voted to furnish such transportation, as

provided by law, or that the commissioner shall have directed that such

transportation be furnished; and provided further that transportation

aid shall not be paid in a case where the provision made for

transportation is inadequate and is disapproved by the commissioner:

1. Transportation of pupils to and from school once daily, provided,

however, in no case shall there be any deduction made in determining

aidable regular transportation on the basis of bus mileage travelled in

transporting children as part of a regional or joint transportation

system;

2. For school districts that do not maintain a high school,

transportation for its pupils who have completed the work of the sixth

grade and are receiving instruction in another district;

3. Out-of-district transportation designed to relieve temporary

overcrowding, subject to the approval of the commissioner;

4. Out-of-district transportation to nonpublic elementary or high

schools;

5. Transportation of pupils during the school day to and from programs

at a board of cooperative educational services or to or from approved

shared programs at other school districts, which programs may lead to a

diploma or a high school equivalency diploma or to or from career

education programs operated within the district;

6. Transportation of pupils to and from approved summer school

programs operated by a school district in the two thousand--two thousand

one school year and thereafter, provided, however, that if the total

statewide apportionment attributable to allowable transportation

expenses incurred pursuant to this subdivision exceeds five million

dollars ($5,000,000), individual school district allocations shall be

prorated to ensure that the apportionment for such summer transportation

does not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000), provided that such

prorated apportionment computed and payable as of September one of the

school year immediately following the school year for which such aid is

claimed shall be deemed final and not subject to change;

7. Transportation provided pursuant to section thirty-six hundred

thirty-five-b of this article;

8. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, transportation

provided in the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year

during the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order

202 of 2020, provided that transportation was provided during the time

period of school building closures ordered pursuant to executive order

202 of 2020. Such aidable transportation shall include transportation of

meals, educational materials and supplies to students, and

transportation to provide students with internet access; and

9. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, expenditures

made for transportation during the period between the issuance of

executive order 202.4 on March sixteenth, two thousand twenty and the

issuance of executive order 202.28 on May seventh, two thousand twenty,

without regard to whether such transportation was provided.