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Board places vehicle‑purchase propositions on May ballot, approves library and other measures; elects bond language for electric bus pilot
Summary
At its April 2 meeting the board authorized placing multiple propositions on the May budget ballot — including separate questions for traditional school vehicles and an electric school vehicle — and approved several other routine resolutions; the vehicle proposition (Resolution 443) passed by roll call.
The Ballston Spa Central School District Board of Education voted April 2 to place several propositions on the district’s May ballot, including a parcel authorizing debt for school vehicles with two separate propositions — one for conventional diesel/gas vehicles and a second specifically for an electric school vehicle — and the board approved multiple other routine measures.
Board members approved the measure to place the purchase‑of‑school‑vehicles propositions on the ballot after a discussion about the long‑term cost of electrification and available state and federal funding. Board member Jason argued for approving a pilot electric vehicle, citing research presented to local boards and warning that statewide funding may be insufficient to cover full electrification costs. “New York state’s gonna…
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