New York S 9667: Delays the zero-emission school bus mandate

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S09667 Summary:

BILL NOS09667 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10896

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, FAHY, MARTINEZ, MARTINS, OBERACKER, ROLISON, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3638, Ed L

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Delays the zero-emission school bus mandate for a period of five years; requires school districts to only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses by 2032 and requires school districts to only operate and maintain zero-emission school buses by 2040.

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BILL NOS09667 

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04/01/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.910

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9667

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- 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 delaying the zero-em-
 ission school bus mandate

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 3638 of the education law,
 2 as added by section 1 of subpart A of part B of chapter 56 of the laws
 3 of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 4 2. (a) No later than July first, two thousand [twenty-seven] thirty-
 5 two, every school district shall:
 6 (i) only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses when purchasing
 7 or leasing new buses;
 8 (ii) include requirements in any procurement for school transportation
 9 services that any contractors providing transportation services for the
 10 school district must only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses
 11 when purchasing or leasing new school buses; and
 12 (iii) include requirements in any procurement for the manufacturing or
 13 retrofitting of a zero-emission school bus and charging or fueling
 14 infrastructure that the components and parts used or supplied in the
 15 performance of the contract or any subcontract thereto shall be produced
 16 or made in whole or substantial part in the United States, its territo-
 17 ries or possessions and that final assembly of the zero-emission school
 18 bus and charging or fueling infrastructure shall occur in the United
 19 States, its territories or possessions.
 20 (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the New York state energy
 21 research and development authority and office of general services, may
 22 waive the contracting requirements set forth in subparagraph (iii) of
 23 paragraph (a) of this subdivision if the commissioner determines that
 24 the requirements would not be in the public interest, would result in
 25 unreasonable costs, or that obtaining such zero-emission school buses
 26 and charging or fueling infrastructure components and parts in the
 27 United States would increase the cost of a school district's contract
 28 for zero-emission school buses and charging or fueling infrastructure by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15426-01-6

 S. 9667 2

 1 an unreasonable amount, or such zero-emission school busses and charging
 2 or fueling infrastructure components and parts cannot be produced, made,
 3 or assembled in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available
 4 quantities or of satisfactory quality. Such determination must be made
 5 on an annual basis no later than December thirty-first, after providing
 6 notice and an opportunity for public comment, and be made publicly
 7 available, in writing, on the department's website with a detailed
 8 explanation of the findings leading to such determination. If the
 9 commissioner has issued determinations for three consecutive years that
 10 no such waiver is warranted pursuant to this paragraph, then the commis-
 11 sioner shall no longer be required to provide the annual determinations
 12 required by this paragraph.
 13 3. No later than July first, two thousand [thirty-five] forty, every
 14 school district shall:
 15 (a) only operate and maintain zero-emission schoo