School districts can apply for the buses now.
, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, and other officials visited Meridian High School in Falls Church, Virginia, to announce the release of the first $500 million of the $5 billion earmarked to replace the nation’s diesel school buses with low or no-emissions ones.
The $2.5 billion of the allocated funds would go to purchasing approximately 11,000 new electric buses, while the other half of the money would be used to purchase “low-emissions” buses. Under the plan, the EPA will prioritize underserved districts serving urban and rural areas as well as Tribal schools.
Although the $5 billion won’t go nearly as far as $174 billion, it is nonetheless a historic investment in electric school buses, and any reduction in air pollution will benefit children.
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