Electric School Buses
Collaborating with stakeholders to accelerate school bus electrification in the Southeast
What Do We Do?
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Convene partner meetings to discuss solutions related to financing, preparing infrastructure, etc, with electric school buses.
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Provide learning opportunities and vetted resources to school districts to increase knowledge of electric school buses, funding opportunities, and successful planning and implementation strategies.
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Facilitate celebratory events where electric school buses are deployed.
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Generate and share uplifting stories of school districts that have electrified their bus fleet.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan celebrated a $15 million grant through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding 38 electric school buses for Durham, N.C., reducing emissions and benefiting student health.
SACE and partners co-hosted a webinar to educate: superintendents, school board members and fleet directors on the current EPA Clean School Bus Rebate Program, Friday 10.11.24
Two years after receiving North Carolina's first electric school bus, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is electrifying its fleet and advancing climate resilience with $4.99M in IRA funding for renewable energy projects.
