(

a) When a local educational agency provides for the transportation of pupils to and from schools, including the governing board of a school district pursuant to

Section 39800, or between the regular full-time day schools they would attend and the regular full-time occupational training classes attended by them as provided by a regional occupational center or program, the governing board may require the parents and guardians of all or some of the pupils transported, to pay a portion of the cost of this transportation in an amount determined by the governing board. (

b) The amount determined by the governing board pursuant to subdivision (

a) shall be no greater than the statewide average nonsubsidized cost of providing this transportation to a pupil on a publicly owned or operated transit system as determined by the Superintendent, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation. (

c) For purposes of this section, “nonsubsidized cost” means actual operating costs less federal subventions. (

d) The governing board shall exempt from these charges pupils of parents and guardians who are unduplicated pupils, as defined in subdivision (

b) of

Section 42238.02. Nothing in this provision shall prevent the governing board from providing transportation services at no cost. (

e) A charge under this

section may not be made for the transportation of individuals with exceptional needs as defined in

Section 56026. (

f) Nothing in this

section shall be construed to sanction, perpetuate, or promote the racial or ethnic segregation of pupils in the schools. (

g) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district or a county office of education.