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New York parents say kids 'freeze' on mandated electric school buses during brutal winter weather

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Parents in Western New York are raising alarms over cold rides and breakdowns after officials mandated that all school bus purchases must be electric by 2027.Local outlet WIVB reported that the law has drawn the ire of parents in the Lake Shore Central School District. The station received "several calls" over the electric buses, with parents claiming that their children are freezing when they come home from school.Per WIVB, the district operates 23 electric buses, 24 gasoline buses and four full-size diesel buses."The heaters on the bus run off the same electricity as the bus itself," Scott Z...

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