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EPA Clean School Bus 2024 Rebates: Overview and Resources
EPA Clean School Bus 2024 Rebates: Overview and Resources
Meeting for School District Staff and School Leadership in Clean Energy (SLICE) Network
Tuesday, October 29, 2024. 3:00-4:00pm ET
The EPA’s 2024 Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebates provide funding to subsidize the purchase of a zero-emission school bus, eligible infrastructure and other associated costs. The EPA plans to award up to $965 million through this rebate round and applications are due before 4pm ET on January 9, 2025. Learn more about the EPA Clean School Bus Program 2024 Rebates.
Hosted by nonprofit Generation180, this free virtual support session is exclusively for school transportation leaders, district staff, and members of its School Leadership in Clean Energy (SLICE) Network to learn more about applying for the EPA Clean School Bus Program Rebate and get questions answered. (Not a SLICE Member yet? Learn more and apply to join the SLICE Network here.)
- Learn about the details of the rebate program and application from the Alliance for Electric School Buses
- Hear from the Transportation Director at Lynchburg City Schools about their experience being awarded rebates for 25 electric school buses and putting them on the road
- Participate in a discussion session to get your questions answered
- Get advice from other transportation directors who are already using electric school buses
Meeting Agenda
3:00 – 3:05 PM EDT: Welcome and Intro
3:05 – 3:15 PM EDT: Lynchburg City Schools Highlight
3:15 – 3:40 PM EDT: Overview and Resources for CSB Rebate applications
3:40 – 3:55 PM EDT: Q&A and Discussions
3:55 – 4:00 PM EDT: Closing
Speakers:
Hope Watts, Lynchburg City Schools
As the Transportation Director at Lynchburg City Schools, Hope Watts led the district to be awarded nearly $10 million in rebates from the EPA Clean School Bus Program for 25 electric school buses. The district expects to receive approximately $1 million in tax credits and save $150,000 per year in fuel costs.
Carolina Chacon, Alliance for Electric School Buses
Carolina Chacon Mendoza leads the Alliance for Electric School Buses, a national coalition of not-for-profit groups committed to an equitable transition of the nation’s school bus fleet, starting in the communities most harmed by air pollution and creating good U.S. jobs along the way. Carolina has over a decade of experience in strategic planning, communications, community outreach and education, community organizing, and project management. For the last six years, she has worked as a consultant within the environmental field on advocacy work for clean energy, lands protection, and climate action, with a focus on elevating and supporting marginalized voices. Since 2017, she has worked on the Clean Buses for Healthy Niños campaign for Chispa, a Latinx organizing program by the League of Conservation Voters, pushing to prioritize Black and Brown communities in the transition to a clean ride for kids.
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