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October 27, 2022  

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*ICYMI: Gov. Whitmer Applauds New Investment in School Buses, Saving Michigan Schools More Than $54 Million *

"U.S Environmental Protection Agency announced competitive awards to 25 school districts, investing $54.06 million to help school districts buy clean buses, help dollars flow back into the classroom " 

 

*LANSING, Mich. *— Governor Gretchen Whitmer is applauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of the winners of the 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Clean School Bus Rebates [ [link removed] ]. In total, 25 Michigan school districts will receive over $54 million in rebates to help transition 138 school buses to electric buses. This investment will save districts money and help dollars flow back into the classroom while increasing air quality, enhancing the electric grid, and fighting climate change.  

 

“These grants will help Michigan buy and use clean school buses to take kids to school safely and keep the air in and around our schools cleaner, all while powering our economic growth,” said *Governor Gretchen Whitmer*. “The EPA’s Clean Bus Program will help us upgrade our school bus fleets and build on work being done across the mobility industry to switch to electric. In Michigan we will continue taking action to meet the goals of the MI Healthy Climate Plan I unveiled earlier this year that will lower costs, create jobs, and protect public health while putting us on a clean energy path to carbon neutrality. Let’s keep working together to fund innovative clean energy solutions while prioritizing the health and safety of our kids and communities.” 

 

Please read more from MLive: Michigan to get 138 new electric school buses with $50M in federal cash - mlive.com [ [link removed] ] 

 

*"Vice President Kamala Harris"*" and "*"EPA Administrator Michael Regan"*" announced the first round of federal funding for the “clean” school bus program in Seattle on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022." 

 

"Harris said as many as 25 million schoolchildren ride school buses each day in the “largest form of mass transit in our country.” All but 5% of those buses are run on diesel and emit harmful carbon emissions, she said." 

 

"Regan said this national “clean” bus program starts the work to build a healthier future, reduce climate pollution, and ensure the clean, breathable air that “all our children deserve.”" 

 

"Regular, diesel-powered school buses “spew carcinogenic and climate-warming pollution into the air our kids breathe,” said "*"Molly Rauch, public health policy director for nonprofit "**"Moms Clean Air Force"* [ [link removed] ]"." 

 

"“It simply doesn’t make sense to send our kids to school on buses that create brain-harming, lung-harming, cancer-causing, climate-harming pollution. Our kids, our bus drivers, and our communities deserve better,” she said." 

 

School districts that will receive funding, include:

 

*School District* 

*Community* 



*Buses* 



*Funds* 

Alcona Community Schools 

Lincoln 



2 



$790,000 

Armada Area Schools 

Armada 



1 



$395,000 

Au Gres-Sims School District 

Au Gres 



1 



$395,000 

Beecher Community School District 

Flint 



5 



$1,525,000 

Bessemer Area School District 

Bessemer 



2 



$790,000 

Britton Deerfield Schools 

Britton 



5 



$1,975,000 

Cassopolis Public Schools 

Cassopolis 



3 



$1,185,000 

Chesaning Union Schools 

Chesaning 



5 



$1,975,000 

Dearborn City School District 

Dearborn 



18 



$7,110,000 

Harbor Beach Community Schools 

Harbor Beach 



3 



$1,185,000 

Hartford Public Schools 

Hartford 



4 



$1,580,000 

Homer Community School District 

Homer 



7 



$2,765,000 

Hopkins Public Schools 

Hopkins 



3 



$1,185,000 

Jackson Public Schools 

Jackson 



21 



$8,295,000 

L’Anse Area Schools 

L’Anse 



2 



$790,000 

Mayville Community School District 

Mayville 



2 



$790,000 

Ojibwe Charter School 

Brimley 



1 



$390,000 

Onsted Community Schools 

Onsted 



3 



$1,185,000 

Pellston Public Schools 

Pellston 



4 



$1,580,000 

Pentwater Public Schools 

Pentwater 



2 



$790,000 

Pontiac City School District 

Pontiac 



25 



$9,875,000 

Sand Creek Community Schools 

Sand Creek 



2 



$790,000 

Ubly Community Schools 

Ubly 



6 



$2,370,000 

Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D. 

Sebewaing 



1 



$395,000 

Ypsilanti Community Schools 

Ypsilanti 



10 



$3,950,000 



 

This federal investment builds on Michigan’s successful Fuel Transformation Program [ [link removed] ] that provided $30 million to help school districts purchase 17 electric school buses and over 300 buses powered by clean fuels.   

 

For more information about the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program, please visit: [link removed]. [ [link removed] ]  

 

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