§ 3635. Transportation. 1. a. Sufficient transportation facilities\n(including the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles) shall be\nprovided by the school district for all the children residing within the\nschool district to and from the school they legally attend, who are in\nneed of such transportation because of the remoteness of the school to\nthe child or for the promotion of the best interest of such children.\nSuch transportation shall be provided for all children attending grades\nkindergarten through eight who live more than two miles from the school\nwhich they legally attend and for all children attending grades nine\nthrough twelve who live more than three miles from the school which they\nlegally attend and shall be provided for each such child up to a\ndistance of fifteen miles, the distances in each case being measured by\nthe nearest available route from home to school. The cost of providing\nsuch transportation between two or three miles, as the case may be, and\nfifteen miles shall be considered for the purposes of this chapter to be\na charge upon the district and an ordinary contingent expense of the\ndistrict. Transportation for a lesser distance than two miles in the\ncase of children attending grades kindergarten through eight or three\nmiles in the case of children attending grades nine through twelve and\nfor a greater distance than fifteen miles may be provided by the\ndistrict with the approval of the qualified voters, and, if provided,\nshall be offered equally to all children in like circumstances residing\nin the district; provided, however, that this requirement shall not\napply to transportation offered pursuant to section thirty-six hundred\nthirty-five-b of this article.\n b. (i) School districts providing transportation to a nonpublic school\nfor pupils living within a specified distance from such school shall\ndesignate one or more public schools as centralized pick-up points and\nshall provide transportation between such points and such nonpublic\nschools for students residing in the district who live too far from such\nnonpublic schools to qualify for transportation between home and school.\nThe district shall not be responsible for the provision of\ntransportation for pupils between their home and such pick-up points.\nThe district may provide school bus transportation to a pupil if the\nresidence of the pupil is located on an established route for the\ntransportation of pupils to the centralized pick-up point provided such\ntransportation does not result in additional costs to the district. The\ncost of providing transportation between such pick-up points and such\nnonpublic schools shall be an ordinary contingent expense.\n (ii) A board of education may, at its discretion, provide\ntransportation for pupils residing within the district to a nonpublic\nschool located more than fifteen miles from the home of any such pupil\nprovided that such transportation has been provided to such nonpublic\nschool pursuant to this subdivision in at least one of the immediately\npreceding three school years and such transportation is provided from\none or more centralized pick-up points designated pursuant to this\nparagraph and that the distance from such pick-up points to the\nnonpublic school is not more than fifteen miles. The district shall not\nbe responsible for the provision of transportation for pupils between\npupils homes and such pick-up points. The cost of providing\ntransportation between such pick-up points and such nonpublic schools\nshall be an ordinary contingent expense.\n c. The foregoing provisions of this subdivision shall not require\ntransportation to be provided for children residing within a city school\ndistrict, but if provided by such district pursuant to other provisions\nof this chapter, such transportation shall be offered equally to all\nsuch children in like circumstances; provided further that in city\nschool districts in cities having a population of one hund
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