Albany NY – Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Queens) proudly announces that the Assembly passed his bill A6917 which extends the “No School Bus Idling Law”.
This bill seeks to extend the Laws of 2007, Chapter 670 which amended the education law, in relation to directing the Commissioner of education to promulgate regulations limiting the engines of school buses to remain idling while parked or standing on school grounds, in relation to the effectiveness thereof.
“Extending the no school bus idling law while parked or standing on school grounds is a simple, pragmatic and a no-cost approach to dealing with idling vehicles outside school and childcare grounds,” said Assemblyman Miller. “It continues to stop the wasteful and dangerous idling of dozens of school buses in areas congested with children and protects our children from breathing in toxic fumes.”
Each school day, over 2.3 million children boarding over 55,000 diesel-powered school buses are exposed to lung-irritating chemicals. For many children this exposure triggers asthma attacks. For others this exposure will lead to respiratory problems. Groups ranging from the American Medical Association to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency support extending the rule to continue to protect children from harmful idling emissions during the school day.
Assembly bill A6917 passed the NYS Assembly on Thursday May 30, 2013 and has been delivered to the NYS Senate.
“I am confident that the NYS Senate will pass their version of the “No School Bus Idling Law”, in the near future,” said Assemblyman Miller. “The laws continuation goes hand-in-hand with New York’s commitment in “Going Green” and to providing clean air policies,” said Miller.
