California Code, Education Code - EDC § 1270.1

The county superintendent of schools may allow pupils entitled to attend the public schools under his jurisdiction, but in attendance at a school other than a public school under the provisions of Section 48222, transportation upon the same terms and in the same manner and over the same routes of travel as is permitted pupils attending the public schools.

The authorization of this section shall be restricted to actual transportation when furnished by the county superintendent, and nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or permit in lieu of transportation payments of money to parents or guardians of children attending private schools.