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Clean School Bus 2023 Competitive Grant Winners Announced The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last month the 280 grantees across 36 states that will share $965 million to purchase 2,675 electric school buses and 62 propane school buses. Read about the
awards at
stnonline.com/go/hz.
EPA Office of Investigator General Audit Two weeks earlier, the the EPA released two reports discussing the shortfalls of the Clean School Bus Program and the Biden administration’s goal to electrify the nation’s school buses. Read more about the reports at
stnonline.com/go/i1.
The Great Innovator School Transportation News and the National School Transportation Association once again seek nominees of employees at private school bus contractor companies that have implemented a technological innovation that is making a profound difference in operations. Nominees are accepted through April 26, with the winner being featured in the July magazine edition and honored at the NSTA Annual Convention. Learn more at
stnonline.com/go/bk
Los Angeles County Sets Aggressive Electrification Goal Ahead of the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics, Los Angeles County in California is setting one of the nation’s leading school bus electrification goals. The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator’s Transportation Electrification
Special Report! Electric school bus maintenance and inspection training as well as high-voltage safety protocols are in high demand. Find out more about the various tools available at
stnonline.com/go/hw.
From left: Albert Ross, a driver-trainer for San Antonio Independent School District in Texas, and Antonio Casanova, the director of fleet maintenance, look under the hood of a Thomas Built Buses Jouley electric school bus.
Partnership released a 2028 Roadmap that
sets bold new targets to achieve 100 percent of all new school bus sales to be electric. But is it feasible? Read more at
stnonline.com/go/hy.
Happy ♥ the Bus Month!
Celebrate your love for the yellow school bus and the amazing people who work in school transportation all month long. Send pictures, videos and comments to
ruth@stnonline.com for a chance to be featured either online, on social media or in the magazine.
Ohio Working Group Recommendations to Come The Ohio School Bus Safety Work- ing Group tasked with examining if seatbelts should be required for school buses, among various other safety aspects, following a fatal crash in August, was set to release its findings late last month. The group comprised of 15
members met six times following the August crash. Read meeting recaps at
stnonline.com/tag/ohio.
14 School Transportation News • FEBRUARY 2024
December Online Web Poll Results Are you eyeing any new transportation technology purchases in 2024? 50% Yes 50% No
February Web Poll:
What will increase student safety in the Danger zone? Vote at
stnonline.com/polls.
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