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 any expenses for  which  aid  is  received  pursuant to subdivision thirty-nine of section  thirty-six hundred two of  this  article  shall  be  excluded  from  the  computation  of  allowable  transportation expense, and provided further  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; and    7.  Transportation  provided  pursuant  to  section thirty-six hundred  thirty-five-b of this article.