Senator Murray Announces $500 Million in Available Funding for Clean School Buses Through Program She Established in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

The program, established by Senator Murray’s Ley de limpieza del autobús escolar, offers rebates to school districts to replace existing school buses with new low- and zero-emission models

Senador Murray: “This announcement is another step forward on the path towards replacing diesel-emitting school buses with cleaner alternatives and I urge every eligible school district in Washington state to apply.”

Washington DC – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $500 million in available rebate funding for school districts and other eligible entities to replace their diesel-powered school buses with low- and zero-emission models. Funding for the rebate program comes from Senator Murray’s Ley de limpieza del autobús escolar, which was included in the Ley de infraestructura bipartidista and provided $5 billion in funding for low- and zero-emission school buses. The funding will be administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Clean School Bus Program and comes on top of $400 millones in grant funding and nearly $1 billion in rebate funding awarded through the program last year.

“Clean school buses mean cleaner air for students, their communities, and our planet—which is why I fought hard to secure $5 billion in the Ley de infraestructura bipartidista for school districts to upgrade their fleets to clean buses”, dijo el senador Murray. “This announcement is another step forward on the path towards replacing diesel-emitting school buses with cleaner alternatives and I urge every eligible school district in Washington state to apply.”

Todos los días, más de 25 millones de niños y miles de conductores de autobuses respiran aire contaminado durante su viaje a la escuela, que tiene un impacto negativo on students’ health and academic performance, particularly for students with asthma and other respiratory conditions—and transportation accounts for the mayor participación de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en los Estados Unidos. Con aproximadamente 500,000 school buses on the road traveling over 3 billion miles per year, this investment will assist school districts in transitioning to cleaner buses and lower emissions nationwide, and comes as school districts across Washington state are committing to electrifying their school bus fleets.

Eligible applicants for Clean School Bus Program Rebates include state and local governments, nonprofit school transportation associations, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, and eligible contractors. The program will prioritize high-need school districts, rural school districts, and Tribal school districts. Applications for this competitive rebate program open today and will close on January 31, 2023. Senator Murray urges all solicitantes elegibles Aplicar aquí.

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