CSBP Success Stories
How the EPA Clean School Bus Program Is Benefitting Communities Across the United States
Since launching in 2022, the EPA Clean School Bus Program (CSBP) has been a resounding success, helping school districts across the country save money, upgrade aging fleets, and clean up the air students and drivers breathe.
Over the course of three rounds, the CSBP has awarded over $2.6 billion to fund more than 8,200 clean school buses at over 1,100 school districts. The program has funded clean school buses across 49 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., four U.S. territories, and roughly 60 federally-recognized Tribes. At least 75% of awards were made to low-income, rural and/or Tribal school districts. 91% of applicants requested funding for electric school buses.
Click on a State Below to See Total Number of Buses Awarded per School District Under Fy 2022-2023 CSB Programs
The CSBP has helped fund
- The first electric school bus in at least 11 states and 4 U.S. territories
- Vehicle-to-grid programs in states like Arizona and Oklahoma, where communities are tapping into electric school bus bus batteries to strengthen community resilience to heat waves and natural disasters
- Electric school buses paired with solar panels in places like Kentucky, Missouri and Pennsylvania and as part of microgrids in North Carolina and Illinois
- Electric school buses that have trekked through mountainous terrain, performed reliably in cold weather and extreme heat, served rural and Tribal communities, and completed 80-mile routes with no problem
- 100% electric bus fleets at school districts in Connecticut, Maine, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Texas
- Electric school buses that serve students with special needs and those from low-income families
- Electric school buses in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi that replaced highly polluting diesel buses that had been operating for 20-30 years
- Electric school buses that can serve as shelters during hurricanes, mobile generators during power outages, or cooling centers during heat waves
As a result of CSBP investments in electric school buses:
- A school district in Kentucky saved enough money to implement a district-wide teacher pay increase
- Another school district in Missouri said their savings amount to “the cost of four beginning teachers with benefits,” while one in Texas said they could “almost hire a teacher, or an instructional aid, or give some other benefit to my teachers” with the cost savings
- School districts in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington have seen significant savings, in some cases cutting their fueling expenses by half if not more
- Manufacturers have created or will create 1,500 jobs to keep up with demand for electric school buses
- Millions of students (and drivers) are breathing cleaner air, thanks to tailpipe pollution eliminated from their daily rides
Community by community, the CSBP is making a difference for schools. Check out additional CSBP success stories here.
