Colorado § 25-7-1401 Legislative declaration

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§ 25-7-1401 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 25-7-1401

Title 25Public

Art.Air Quality Control

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(1)The general assembly finds that:

(a)Disproportionately impacted communities are disproportionately affected by particulate matter and nitrogen oxides arising from fossil-fuel-powered school buses, especially because the fleet yards, warehouses, fuel depots, and interstates used in conjunction with school buses are often located in disproportionately impacted communities;

(b)In addition to exposure to particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in their communities, school children are also exposed to fine particulates and other pollutants as a result of riding on fossil-fuel-powered school buses;

(c)A transition from fossil-fuel-powered school buses to electric-powered school buses will positively affect school children's health, while helping to address long-standing pollutio

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(1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) Disproportionately impacted communities are disproportionately affected
by particulate matter and nitrogen oxides arising from fossil-fuel-powered school
buses, especially because the fleet yards, warehouses, fuel depots, and interstates
used in conjunction with school buses are often located in disproportionately
impacted communities;

(b) In addition to exposure to particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in their
communities, school children are also exposed to fine particulates and other
pollutants as a result of riding on fossil-fuel-powered school buses;

(c) A transition from fossil-fuel-powered school buses to electric-powered
school buses will positively affect school children's health, while helping to address
long-standing pollution inequities faced by disproportionately impacted
communities;

(d) The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub.L. 117-58, has
created a competitive funding program to support the adoption of an electric
school bus fleet, and a state program investing in electric school buses will help
leverage the federal funds made available through the federal act to allow schools
in the state to access the federal funds; and

(e) A transition to electric school buses can provide benefits to the operation
of the electric grid in the state:

(I) If the timing of charging electric school buses is managed to support grid
operations; and

(II) Through the potential for using batteries on electric school buses:

(A) As a source of renewable energy through vehicle-to-grid operations; and

(B) As a community resilience resource to help communities affected by
power outages or disasters causing electric grid interruptions.

(2) The general assembly further finds and declares that:

(a) The state should help school districts procure and maintain electric-powered school buses and related infrastructure, convert fossil-fuel-powered
school buses to electric-powered school buses, and facilitate the associated
retirement of fossil-fuel-powered school buses; and

(b) School districts can leverage state grant money to obtain money from
federal and private sources to further finance the transition to an electric-powered
school bus fleet.