In the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress voted to invest $5 billion in accelerating a phase-out of diesel school buses across the country, a move meant to protect students from harmful ...

School districts in several states are facing mandates to incorporate electric buses into their school bus fleets, with the EVs bringing with them different operating costs and posing new challenges.

The purchase helps the school district comply with Senate Bill 546, a law passed in 2025 that mandates all public school buses have three-point seat belts by September 2029.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to reform an electric school bus program that had $2.3 billion in remaining taxpayer funding by providing an array of fuel alternatives ...