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Funding Electric School Buses with the 2024 EPA Clean Bus Rebates

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Date:
December 5
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Website:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81219644248

Funding Electric School Buses with the 2024 EPA Clean Bus Rebates

Overview and Resources for Pennsylvania Schools

Webinar for School District Staff in Transportation or Operations
Thurs, December 5, 2024. 12:00-1:00pm 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 and district staff to learn more about applying for the EPA Clean School Bus Program Rebate and get questions answered. Learn about the details of the rebate program and application from the Alliance for Electric School Buses.

  • Learn about the details of the rebate program and application from the Alliance for Electric School Buses
  • Learn about resources and opportunities for Pennsylvania schools to adopt electric school buses
  • Participate in a discussion session to get your questions answered
  • Get advice from other transportation directors who are already using electric school buses
Speakers:
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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