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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the ranking member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, urged Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to expedite the distribution of COVID-19 relief funding to the public transit industries. Read the article at stnonline.com/go/9o.


Amen! Let’s get rolling! Facebook/ Donna M. Lopez


Donna Lopez, a school bus driver for a total of 32 years, opened her own commercial driver’s license training facility in Fresno, California. Read about Lopez’s inspirational story at stnonline.com/go/9j.


Congratulations from a CDL/A with School Bus Endorsement. Facebook/ Trevor Foxton


A collaborative project in New York City using the charging-as- a-service support model, repowered school buses to all-electric, and vehicle-to-grid integration looks to provide a cost-saving solution for fleets. Learn more at stnonline.com/go/9p.


Thank you STN magazine for sharing this news. Logan Bus, Unique Electric Solutions and Amply recently teamed up to deploy the first Type C electric school bus in NYC with innovative charging infrastructure. Twitter/ @amplypower


The following question was submitted about an article on the Federal Communications Commission accepting applications for the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund. Read the article at stnonline.com/go/9i.


Are districts able to get these funds to get Wi-Fi onto contractor buses?


Kim A. Worster, Sr. VP of Operations First Student, Inc.


STN reached out to Michael Flood, vice president of strategy for Wi-Fi provider Kajeet, for the answer. “If the contractor was acting as the Service Provider, and the applicant (district) and the contractor agreed to use the SPI method (Service Provider Invoicing), then the Service Provider would be able to invoice the FCC directly after the application was approved. To do so, the contractor would have to have both FCC and SAM registrations with the U.S. Government to receive funds.”


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