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Minerva board urges state action on electric buses, Foundation Aid and workforce policies
Summary
The board adopted a resolution urging the New York State Legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul to provide clearer guidance and funding for zero-emission buses, fully fund the Foundation Aid formula, authorize small-group health consortiums, ease workforce-entry requirements, and raise the capital project threshold to $250,000.
The Minerva Central Board of Education introduced and moved to approve a resolution calling on the New York State Legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul to act on a set of priorities intended to support district operations and student services.
Key items in the resolution included requests to authorize Commissioner of Education waivers where districts make a good-faith effort to comply with 2027 and 2035 zero-emission-bus requirements; to amend funding streams so make-ready expenses (for chargers and electrical upgrades) are aidable; and to clarify which stakeholders are responsible for grid upgrades to support electric buses. The resolution also urged full funding of the state's Foundation Aid formula for 2026–27, adjustments to account for fixed and mandated costs and special education increases, and to fund expense-based aids. Other asks included permanent authorization for districts to remain in small-group health-insurance consortiums, measures to ease certification for out-of-state professionals entering teaching and to modernize civil service rules, and raising the capital project threshold to $250,000.
The transcript records the motion introducing the resolution (mover: Ron Sanalitro; second: Jessica West). The transcript does not explicitly record a final vote on the resolution in the provided segments; the item was debated and read into the record during New Business.
