Extends the date by which school districts must purchase and solely operate and maintain zero-emission school buses; authorizes certain school districts to apply for and be granted an annual one-year extension for compliance with zero-emission school bus requirements until 2045.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9187
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
November 3, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the purchase and oper-
ation of zero-emission school buses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 3638 of the education law, as added by section 1 of subpart A of
part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
No later than July first, two thousand [twenty-seven] THIRTY, every
school district shall:
§ 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 3638 of the
education law, as added by section 1 of subpart A of part B of chapter
56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
No later than July first, two thousand [thirty-five] FORTY, every
school district shall:
§ 3. Section 3638 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
4-A. A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF FEWER THAN
SIX HUNDRED STUDENTS OR FEWER THAN TEN RESIDENCES PER SQUARE MILE MAY
APPLY ANNUALLY TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION TO COMPLY
WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF THIS SECTION. THE
DEPARTMENT MAY GRANT SUCH ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS ANNUALLY UNTIL THE YEAR
TWO THOUSAND FORTY-FIVE.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14002-01-5
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