The agency will award the funding through two separate rebate opportunities this year: the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act School Bus Rebate Program, and the American Rescue Plan Electric School Bus Rebates.
The funding from energy company Portland General Electric will also cover the installation of charging infrastructure and technical assistance for the buses, including cost-benefit analysis.
The national director of grassroots community nonprofit Chispa discusses its advocacy of electric school buses in low-income communities and communities of color, which are most impacted by transportation pollution.
Hotspots on school buses and devices for students who lack connectivity are eligible. As of June 29, schools and libraries eligible for funding from the E-rate program can apply and the deadline for the first round of funds is August 13.
Guidelines have been released, the online application portal is open, and the deadline to apply is July 19. Here’s what to know about eligibility and what to include with your application.
Once the final grant application requirements are set, operators in the motorcoach, school bus, and passenger vessel industries will have a four-week long window to submit applications for $2 billion in funding.
The funding will help aid in the planning, adoption, and delivery of zero-emission transit and school buses over the next five years. It will also support the country's growing electric vehicle manufacturing sector.
Liberty Public Schools receives a $20,000 rebate from the Missouri Propane Education and Research Council to purchase the buses.
She says in a letter to President Trump that her departure is in response to his spurring violent protestors who breached the U.S. Capitol. Her resignation is effective Jan. 8.
The effort includes $16.4 million in incentives for the expansion of electric bus usage amongst public transportation authorities, as well as $2.5 million for school bus operators to acquire cleaner forms of transportation with lower emissions.
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