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NY A09308
Bill
Status
12/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Paul Bologna
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AI Summary
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Repeals New York's electric school bus mandate and prohibits any future mandates requiring school districts to purchase, operate, or maintain specific types of school buses
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Grants school district superintendents sole authority to determine what types of school buses their districts will purchase, operate, and maintain, with the state education department prohibited from overruling these decisions
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Removes the extended 8-year amortization period for zero-emission school buses, reverting to the standard 5-year period for all school bus financing
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Eliminates provisions that defined electricity and hydrogen as "fuel" for zero-emission school bus transportation aid purposes
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Removes the $500 million allocation from the 2022 Environmental Bond Act that was designated for zero-emission school bus purchases and supporting infrastructure
Legislative Description
Removes references to the electric school bus mandate; provides that there shall be no mandate requiring school districts to purchase, operate or maintain any certain type of school buses and that the superintendent of each school district shall have the sole authority to determine the types of school buses such school district will purchase, operate and maintain; repeals certain provisions of law relating to electric school buses.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026