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NY S08547
Bill
Status
10/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alexis Weik
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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 having no power to overrule these decisions
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Eliminates the extended 8-year amortization period previously allowed for zero-emission school buses and related infrastructure, reverting to the standard 5-year period for all school buses
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Removes provisions that defined fuel to include electricity for charging or hydrogen for refueling zero-emission buses for transportation aid purposes
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Repeals the allocation of $500 million from the Environmental Bond Act of 2022 designated for zero-emission school bus purchases, conversions, 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
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
3/9/2026