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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan was joined by USD 329 officials and community members in Alma as the school district unveiled two new additions to its transportation fleet — the state’s first electric school buses.
The district received a $790,000 grant from the EPA for the purchase of the electric school buses built by Lion Electric Company in Channahon, IL.
The grant is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law approved and signed into law last year. Some 400 schools nationwide were approved to share nearly $1 billion in grants. $6.6 million is earmarked for the State of Kansas, and Wabaunsee is one of six school districts receiving the “clean school bus funding”:
- Caney Valley Unified School District 436 – Two school buses for $790,000
- Halstead Unified School District 400 – Three school buses for $1,185,000
- Southern Lyon County Unified School District 252 – Four school buses for $1,490,000
- Sterling Unified School District 376 – Two school buses for $790,000
- Waconda Unified School District 272 – Four school buses for $1,580,000
The 2022 Clean School Bus Program prioritizes low-income, rural, and tribal communities. It affords access to more funds for electric school buses and electric vehicle infrastructure, such as on-site charging stations, for schools in areas that are the most in need.