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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Soria</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>An act to amend Section 121 of Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 2022, relating to pupil transportation.</ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Pupil transportation: schoolbuses: zero-emission vehicles: scrapping.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law appropriates, for the 2023–24 fiscal year, $375,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Air Resources Board for the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) to fund grants to local educational agencies, as defined, for zero-emission schoolbuses to replace heavy-duty internal combustion schoolbuses owned by local educational agencies, as specified. Existing law requires any schoolbuses that are replaced pursuant to the HVIP to be scrapped no later than 24 months from date of delivery of the replacement. Existing law requires grantees to provide to the state board proof of scrap of the retired internal combustion schoolbus or schoolbuses.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would
exclude a schoolbus from that scrapping requirement if the schoolbus is 25 years of age or less at the time of delivery of the replacement vehicle and its ownership is transferred to a frontier local educational agency meeting certain requirements.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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(a)
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(1)
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For the 2023–24 fiscal year, the sum of three hundred seventy-five million dollars ($375,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Air Resources Board for the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project to fund zero-emission schoolbuses to replace heavy-duty internal combustion schoolbuses owned by local educational agencies over five years beginning in the 2023–24 fiscal year, consistent with this section. This funding shall be available as grants to local educational agencies for encumbrance until June 30, 2029. Local educational agencies shall have three fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the funds are received to expend the funds. Any funds that are not expended by a local educational agency by the end of that period shall be returned
to the state.
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(2)
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For the 2023–24 fiscal year, the sum of one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Energy Commission to fund zero-emission schoolbus charging or fueling infrastructure and related activities, including, but not limited to, charging or fueling stations, equipment, site design, construction, and related infrastructure upgrades, in order to complement the vehicle investments described in paragraph (1). This funding shall be available as grants to local educational agencies for encumbrance until June 30, 2029. Local educational agencies shall have three fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the funds are received to expend the funds. Any funds that are not expended by a local educational agency by the end of that period shall be returned to the state.
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(b)
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The State Air Resources Board and the
Energy Commission shall coordinate to offer a single application to cover vehicle purchases, infrastructure investments, and other associated funding pursuant to this section.
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(c)
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The State Air Resources Board and the Energy Commission shall ensure that the funding provided in this section supports the transition to zero-emission schoolbus fleets by supporting up to the full purchase cost of zero-emission schoolbuses and related schoolbus charging or fueling infrastructure, as well as provide funding support for other associated costs, including workforce development and training.
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(d)
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(1)
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The State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall prioritize funding zero-emission schoolbuses under this section.
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(2)
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If a local educational agency is able to provide sufficient
information to the State Air Resources Board and the Energy Commission to demonstrate significant barriers to the adoption of zero-emission technology at the time of application, and that alternate approaches to decrease internal combustion vehicle use are not appropriate, the State Air Resources Board and the Energy Commission may fund schoolbuses powered by renewable fuel under this section, to the extent and in the time period that these barriers apply to the local educational agency.
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(e)
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Priority shall be given pursuant to this section to grantees serving a high percentage of unduplicated pupils, as defined in Section 42238.02 of the Education Code, grantees operating the oldest internal combustion buses, grantees that are small and rural school districts, and grantees purchasing zero-emission buses with bidirectional charging where available.
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(f)
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The State Air Resources Board
and the Energy Commission shall create program guidelines relative to their respective activities pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding any other law, the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) shall not apply to the development and approval of the guidelines or other standards or requirements adopted or used by the State Air Resources Board or the Energy Commission in administering these funds.
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(g)
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No less than 90 percent of a grantee’s grant award shall be expended for the purchase of zero-emission schoolbuses, as well as the supporting charging infrastructure needed to operate the zero-emission schoolbuses and related activities, including, but not limited to, charging or fueling stations, equipment, site design, construction, and related infrastructure upgrades.
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(h)
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Up to 10
percent of a grantee’s grant award may be expended to incorporate or supplement funding for the grantee’s school transportation program.
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(i)
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(1)
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(A)
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Any schoolbuses that are replaced pursuant to this section shall be scrapped no later than 24 months from date of delivery of the replacement vehicles, except as provided in subparagraph (B). Grantees shall provide to the State Air Resources Board proof of scrap of the retired internal combustion schoolbus or schoolbuses.
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(B)
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Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a schoolbus that is replaced pursuant to this section shall not be required to be scrapped if both of the following apply:
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(i)
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The schoolbus is 25 years of age or less at the time of delivery of the replacement vehicle.
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(ii)
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The ownership of the schoolbus has been transferred to another local educational agency that either qualifies for or has been approved for an extension by the State Air Resources Board pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17927 of the Education Code.
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(2)
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The grant agreement related to the grant award pursuant to this section shall require grantees to submit schoolbus and infrastructure information and documentation resulting from the grants provided in this section to the
State Air Resources Board and the Energy Commission.
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(j)
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The Department of General Services, in consultation with the Energy Commission and the California Workforce Development Board, shall establish statewide contracts with manufacturers of zero- or low-emission schoolbuses. These contracts shall satisfy the high road standards pursuant to subdivision (r) of Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
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(k)
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As a condition of entering into a statewide contract with the state, a bidder shall incorporate high road job standards designed to achieve all of the following goals:
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(1)
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Support the creation and retention of quality, nontemporary, and full-time jobs that provide high wages, including benefits and access to training.
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(2)
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Support the hiring of
displaced workers and individuals facing barriers to employment.
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(3)
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Encourage the development of the state’s long-term, climate-sustainable transportation and related infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.
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(4)
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Protect public health by supporting the adoption of specific protections for worker health and safety.
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At a minimum, the contract shall include all of the following terms:
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(1)
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All of the bidder’s employees performing work to fulfill the contract shall be paid no less than the minimum trainee wage set by the Employment Training Panel for the county in which the work is performed, or the applicable federal, state, or local minimum wage, whichever is greater. To the extent permissible, health care benefits valued at up to two dollars
and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour may be used to meet this wage requirement.
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(2)
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Any person performing work to fulfill the contract shall be placed in the proper employment classification. This requirement includes, but is not limited to, prohibitions on misclassifying a person performing work to fulfill the contract as an independent contractor.
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(3)
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The bidder and any contractors and subcontractors performing work to fulfill the contract shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws pertaining to paid sick leave, including any antiretaliation provisions contained in such laws.
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(4)
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The bidder and any contractors and subcontractors performing work to fulfill the contract shall comply with all applicable safety and health requirements, and shall comply with Sections 6310 and 6311 of the Labor Code,
pertaining to protection of employees who file complaints or refuse to work in the face of hazardous conditions.
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(5)
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The bidder and any contractors and subcontractors comply and shall comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) and all regulations thereunder.
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(m)
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Grants received pursuant to this section shall supplement, not supplant, existing services and funds provided by grantees in support of transportation programs.
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(n)
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For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
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(1)
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“Bidder” means a manufacturer of zero-emission schoolbuses that seeks to enter into a statewide contract with the Department of General Services pursuant to this section.
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(2)
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“Energy Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
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(3)
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“Local educational agency” means any of the following:
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(A)
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A school district, county office of education, or charter school, excluding a charter school classified as a nonclassroom-based charter school as of the 2021–22 fiscal year second principal apportionment certification pursuant to Section 47612.5 of the Education Code, with ownership of title for a schoolbus or schoolbuses.
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(B)
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A school district or charter school, excluding a charter school classified as a nonclassroom-based charter school as of the 2021–22 fiscal year second principal apportionment certification pursuant to Section 47612.5 of the Education Code, that contracts with a county office of education or private contractor for the
maintenance and operation of its schoolbuses.
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(C)
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A county office of education that contracts with a private contractor for maintenance and operation of its schoolbuses.
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(D)
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A joint powers authority currently operating home-to-school transportation programs on behalf of school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools, excluding charter schools classified as a nonclassroom-based charter school as of the 2021–22 fiscal year second principal apportionment certification pursuant to Section 47612.5 of the Education Code.
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(4)
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“Rural school district” means a school district with a school with a locale code of 31, 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43, as classified by the National Center for Education Statistics.
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(5)
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“Small school district” means a school
district with fewer than 2,501 units of average daily attendance using the most recently reported annual data in the California Longitudinal Pupil Attendance Data System.
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(o)
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If a participating charter school acquires a schoolbus pursuant to this section and the charter school subsequently ceases operation, the schoolbus shall be made available to the State Air Resources Board for reallocation to other eligible local educational agencies.
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(p)
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For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriations made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2021–22 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college
districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII
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B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2021–22 fiscal year.
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(q)
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The provisions of this section are severable. If any provision of this section or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
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All matter omitted in this version of the bill appears in the bill as amended in the Assembly, April 30, 2025. (JR11)</ns0:JR11>
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