New York S 6893: Relates to transition feasibility analysis for zero-emission buses

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S06893 Summary:

BILL NOS06893B

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SAME ASSAME AS A06760-B

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Amd §3638 & 3623-a, Ed L; amd Part A §35, Chap 56 of 2023

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Requires every school district to conduct a transition feasibility analysis within the next succeeding school year as of the effective date of this act, and every five years thereafter, to determine the feasibility of using zero-emission school buses on current routes.

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BILL NOS06893B

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03/26/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

04/01/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

04/01/2025PRINT NUMBER 6893A

04/24/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

04/24/2025PRINT NUMBER 6893B

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6893--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to transition feasibility
 analysis for zero-emission school buses; and to amend part A of chap-
 ter 56 of the laws of 2023 amending the education law relating to
 contracts for excellence, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that feasibil-
 2 ity issues related to the pace of technological advances, the capacity
 3 of the state's power grid, and the impacts of weather and other route
 4 conditions on zero-emission school buses (ZEBs) operated throughout the
 5 state present significant challenges to school districts working to
 6 transition their fleets in accordance with the department of education's
 7 (SED) first transition deadline of July 1, 2027. For that reason, this
 8 legislation addresses two separate concerns with current law. First, it
 9 examines the feasibility of each district's transition process. Second,
 10 for those districts deemed to have the most feasible paths to transi-
 11 tion, the legislation directs SED, in conjunction with the New York
 12 state energy research and development authority (NYSERDA) and the
 13 department of health (DOH), to assess a defined group of district char-
 14 acteristics to determine which districts shall receive prioritized
 15 transportation and building aid for the purchase of additional trans-
 16 mission capacity and/or ZEBs and the design and construction of related
 17 infrastructure.
 18 With respect to an individual district's ability to comply with the
 19 existing mandate, the legislation directs SED to require all school
 20 districts to complete a baseline transition feasibility analysis and to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09808-09-5

 S. 6893--B 2

 1 repeat that process every five years. If a district's analysis deter-
 2 mines that more than 50% of the district's regular bus routes are not
 3 deemed feasible for service by zero-emission school buses, then the
 4 district may maintain its existing fleet status quo until its next tran-
 5 sition feasibility analysis. On the other hand, if a district's analy-
 6 sis determines that more than 50% of the district's regular bus routes
 7 are serviceable by zero-emission buses, then the district must comply
 8 with the existing transition timeline for the percentage of regular
 9 routes deemed feasible and may maintain the status quo for the
 10 district's remaining non-feasible regular routes until the district
 11 completes its next transition feasibility analysis. The outer deadline
 12 for districts with substantial feasibility challenges to transition
 13 their fleets will be 2040.
 14 Despite the multi-faceted transition challenges faced by some
 15 districts, e.g., average low tem