New York S 6221: Relates to building aid for incremental zero-emission school bus infrastructure costs

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S06221 Summary:

BILL NOS06221 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08035

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3602, Ed L

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Relates to building aid for incremental zero-emission school bus infrastructure costs provided through the 2034-2035 school year.

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BILL NOS06221 

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03/06/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

02/26/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6221

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 building aid for
 incremental zero-emission school bus infrastructure costs

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6-i of section 3602 of the education law, as
 2 added by section 6 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended and a new subdivision 6-j is added to read as follows:
 4 6-i. Building aid and the New York state energy research and develop-
 5 ment authority P-12 schools: clean green schools initiative. 1. For aid
 6 payable in the school years two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twen-
 7 ty-three and thereafter, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
 8 contrary, the apportionment to any district under subdivision six,
 9 six-a, six-b, six-c, six-e, six-f, [or] six-h, or six-j of this section
 10 for capital outlays for school building projects for energy efficiency
 11 shall not exclude grants authorized pursuant to the New York state ener-
 12 gy research and development authority P-12 schools: clean green schools
 13 initiative from aidable expenditures, provided that the sum of appor-
 14 tionments for these projects calculated pursuant to subdivision six,
 15 six-a, six-b, six-c, six-e, six-f, [or] six-h, or six-j of this section
 16 and such grants shall not exceed the actual project expenditures.
 17 2. The New York state energy research and development authority shall
 18 provide a list of energy efficiency grants awarded to each school
 19 district to the commissioner no later than one month prior to the end of
 20 each calendar year and each school year. This list shall include the
 21 capital construction project or projects funded by the grants, the award
 22 amounts of each individual project grant, the district receiving such
 23 grants, the schools receiving such grants, the date on which the grant
 24 was received, and any other information necessary for the calculation of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10380-01-5

 S. 6221 2

 1 aid pursuant to subdivision six, six-a, six-b, six-c, six-e, six-f, [or]
 2 six-h, or six-j of this section.
 3 6-j. Building aid for incremental zero-emission school bus infrastruc-
 4 ture costs. a. For the purposes of this subdivision, the following terms
 5 shall have the following meanings: 1. "incremental zero-emission school
 6 bus storage costs" shall mean the sum of additional costs for the stor-
 7 age of zero-emission school buses as compared to traditional school
 8 buses. Such incremental costs shall reflect new or increased costs from,
 9 but not be limited to: modifications to bus facilities such as wider and
 10 taller doors and/or garages, modifications to bus facilities to address
 11 higher weights such as higher power lifts, equipment and software for
 12 advanced fire suppression systems, installation and operation of charge
 13 management systems, and the cost of entire storage facilities or prepa-
 14 ration of storage locations where one would not have been necessary but
 15 for the storage of zero-emission school buses; and
 16 2. "incremental customer-owned make-ready costs" shall mean the sum of
 17 additional costs of any capital investment in equipment or infrastruc-
 18 ture beyond the utility service point nece