New York A 9187: Extends the date by which school districts must purchase and solely operate and maintain zero-emission school buses

Status: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 9187

Sponsors: Christopher Eachus, Aron Wieder, Joe Angelino, Karl Brabenec, Patrick J. Carroll, Paula Kay, Rebecca Kassay, Steve Stern

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A09187 Summary:

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COSPNSRCarroll P, Brabenec, Angelino, Wieder, Kay, Kassay, Stern

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Extends the date by which school districts must purchase and solely operate and maintain zero-emission school buses; authorizes certain school districts to apply for and be granted an annual one-year extension for compliance with zero-emission school bus requirements until 2045.

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11/03/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9187

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the purchase and oper-
 ation of zero-emission school buses

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 3638 of the education law, as added by section 1 of subpart A of
 3 part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 No later than July first, two thousand [twenty-seven] thirty, every
 5 school district shall:
 6 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 3638 of the
 7 education law, as added by section 1 of subpart A of part B of chapter
 8 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 9 No later than July first, two thousand [thirty-five] forty, every
 10 school district shall:
 11 § 3. Section 3638 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 12 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
 13 4-a. A school district with an average daily attendance of fewer than
 14 six hundred students or fewer than ten residences per square mile may
 15 apply annually to the commissioner for a one-year extension to comply
 16 with the requirements of subdivisions two and three of this section. The
 17 department may grant such one-year extensions annually until the year
 18 two thousand forty-five.
 19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14002-01-5

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