The following excerpt is from Etain P, Matter of, 384 N.Y.S.2d 944, 87 Misc.2d 423 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1976):
By virtue of the authority granted to the Commissioner of Education pursuant to former section 4405(6) of the Education Law, certain distance limitations were established. Under these limitations school districts were not compelled to transport pupils further than twenty (20) miles one way. Matter of McLaughlin, 1 Educ.Dept.Rep. 151; Matter of Cohen, 9 Educ.Dept.Rep. 17; Matter of Thomason v. County of Suffolk, 66 Misc.2d 926, 322 N.Y.S.2d 762.
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