New York S 3328: Requires the regents to include certain information with respect to increased costs when altering or amending rules or regulations

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S03328 Summary:

BILL NOS03328 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02005

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN, HELMING, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACKER, STEC, TEDISCO, WALCZYK, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3638, Ed L

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Authorizes school districts to submit an opt-out waiver to the commissioner of education authorizing such districts to opt-out of certain zero-emission school bus requirements.

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BILL NOS03328 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3328

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, MATTERA, MURRAY, WALCZYK, WEIK -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing school
 districts to opt-out of zero-emission school bus requirements

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 3638 of the education law, as added by section 1
 2 of subpart A of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, subdivision 7
 3 as added by section 19 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 § 3638. Zero-emission school buses. 1. For the purposes of this
 6 section ["zero-emission]:
 7 (a) "Zero-emission school bus" shall mean a school bus that: is
 8 propelled by an electric motor and associated power electronics which
 9 provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels during normal vehicle
 10 operations and draws electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell or battery;
 11 or otherwise operates without direct emission of atmospheric pollutants.
 12 (b) "Opt-out waiver" shall mean a formal instrument prescribed by the
 13 commissioner that a school district may submit once to the commissioner
 14 to secure a permanent exemption from the requirements of this section.
 15 2. (a) No later than July first, two thousand twenty-seven, unless an
 16 opt-out waiver has been submitted, every school district shall:
 17 (i) only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses when purchasing
 18 or leasing new buses;
 19 (ii) include requirements in any procurement for school transportation
 20 services that any contractors providing transportation services for the
 21 school district must only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses
 22 when purchasing or leasing new school buses; and
 23 (iii) include requirements in any procurement for the manufacturing or
 24 retrofitting of a zero-emission school bus and charging or fueling

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04567-01-5

 S. 3328 2

 1 infrastructure that the components and parts used or supplied in the
 2 performance of the contract or any subcontract thereto shall be produced
 3 or made in whole or substantial part in the United States, its territo-
 4 ries or possessions and that final assembly of the zero-emission school
 5 bus and charging or fueling infrastructure shall occur in the United
 6 States, its territories or possessions.
 7 (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the New York state energy
 8 research and development authority and office of general services, may
 9 waive the contracting requirements set forth in subparagraph (iii) of
 10 paragraph (a) of this subdivision if the commissioner determines that
 11 the requirements would not be in the public interest, would result in
 12 unreasonable costs, or that obtaining such zero-emission school buses
 13 and charging or fueling infrastructure components and parts in the
 14 United States would increase the cost of a school district's contract
 15 for zero-emission school buses and charging or fueling infrastructure by
 16 an unreasonable amount, or such zero-emission school busses and charging
 17 or fueling infrastructure components and parts cannot be produced, made,
 18 or assembled in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available
 19 quantities or of satisfactory quality. Such