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Biden administration awarding nearly $1 billion for green school buses
May 30, 2024 · The Biden administration is sending $900 million in rebates to 530 school districts across the country to replace diesel buses with electric school buses. The administration says the...
School Bus news - Today’s latest updates - CBS News
Sep 16, 2024 · School Bus. 8 students injured, some seriously, in school bus crash in Wisconsin. Eight students were injured after a car struck a Wisconsin school bus and caused it to spin off the...
National Survey Finds Severe And Desperate School Bus Driver Shortage - NPR
Sep 1, 2021 · In a new nationwide survey, half of student-transportation coordinators described their school bus driver shortages as either "severe" or "desperate." In Chicago this week, 70 bus drivers,...
Kamala Harris Got $5 Billion for Electric School Buses. They Are
School officials in Compton, Calif., used federal grants to secure 50 electric buses for a 72-bus fleet, but they have been working since spring with the local utility, Southern California Edison ...
The Future Looks Bright for Electric School Buses
Oct 12, 2024 · Lion Electric, a Montreal-based company that makes electric buses and trucks, was awarded $38 million, as part of the EPA's Clean School Bus Program. But the company said it was laying off ...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Recipients of nearly $900 …
May 29, 2024 · These rebates will help school districts purchase over 3,400 clean school buses—92% of which will be electric— to accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles and produce cleaner air in and around schools and communities.
Biden-Harris Administration Makes $500 Million Available to Fund School …
Sep 28, 2023 · This year’s $500 million Clean School Bus Rebate Program will provide a combined funding amount to cover bus, workforce development costs, and infrastructure costs for awardees requesting electric school buses.
St. Louis schools, struggling to get kids to classes, suspend bus ...
Oct 14, 2024 · LOUIS (AP) — As St. Louis school officials continue to grapple with getting kids to classes amid a school bus driver shortage, the district said Monday it has suspended routes operated by one vendor after determining the buses violated safety standards. A statement from St. Louis Public Schools didn’t name the vendor, but the announcement ...
Concerned parents are beginning to see progress on their push for ...
Feb 25, 2024 · Nearly 440 grants and rebates totaling $1.8 billion have already been disbursed to replace thousands of buses across several hundred school districts in the U.S. Demand for the money has been “heartening,” said Christine Koester, a director for the Clean School Bus Program at the EPA.