EPA CLEAN SCHOOL BUS
REBATE PROGRAM

School buses travel over four billion miles
each year, providing the safest transportation
to and from school for more than 25
million children everyday. However, diesel
exhaust from these buses can contribute to
air quality problems and has a negative
impact on human health, especially for
children, who have a faster breathing rate
than adults and whose lungs are not yet
fully developed.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
(BIL) provides $5 billion over the next
five years (FY22-26) to clean a substantial
portion of the nation's fleet of nearly 500,000
school buses. These new cleaner school bus
replacements will produce either zero or low
emissions compared to their older
predecessors. School bus upgrades funded
under this program will result in cleaner air on
the bus, in bus loading areas, and in the
communities in which they operate.

Under the Clean School Bus Program, half
of the available funding is dedicated for zero-
emission school buses and half is for clean
school buses.

¦	Zero-emission school bus: a school bus
that produces zero exhaust emission of
any air pollutant and any greenhouse gas.
Electric school buses are zero-emission.

¦	Clean school bus: As defined by the BIL,
a school bus that reduces emissions and
is operated entirely or in part using an
alternative fuel or is a zero-emission bus.

Learn more about the
benefits of clean school
buses and how you can
participate in this program at

eDa.aov/cleanschoolbus.

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The 2024 Clean School Bus Rebates Application Is Now Open!

Submit your application no later than January 9,2025, at 4 p.m. ET.

Up to $965 million in federal funding is now available for the replacement of existing school
buses with clean and zero-emission buses through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Who can apply for the 2024 Clean School Bus Rebates?

Public school districts and other state or local government entities that are responsible for providing
school bus service to at least one public school system and/or the purchase, lease, license, or contract for
service of school buses. Public charter schools (as defined in section 4310 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221 i) responsible for the purchase, lease, license, or contract for service of
school buses for that charter school.

Tribes,Tribal Organizations, andTribally-Controlled Schools that provide school bus service to one or
more Bureau-funded schools or purchase, lease, license, or contract for service of school buses.

Nonprofit school transportation associations

Eligible contractors who sell, lease, license, or contract for service of clean school buses, zero-emission
buses, charging or fueling infrastructure, maintain clean or zero-emission school buses, or arrange financing
for such a sale, lease, license, or contract for service.	^

What kind of funding is available?

To ensure that this funding reaches high-need communities, EPA will prioritize rural,Tribal, and low-income
school districts in the selection process. Prioritized districts will receive more funding per bus, but those
not identified as prioritized are still eligible for significant funds. Bus and EV charging infrastructure funds are
combined to allow recipients additional flexibility to determine the split between funding for the bus itself and
the supporting infrastructure*

Funding for buses and infrastructure serving school
districts that meet one or more prioritization criteria

¦	Electric - Class 7+: Up to $325,000 per bus +
infrastructure

¦	Electric - Class 3-6: Up to $245,000 per bus +
infrastructure

¦	CNG - Class 7+: Up to $45,000 per bus

¦	CNG - Class 3-6: Up to $30,000 per bus

¦	Propane - Class 7+: Up to $35,000 per bus

¦	Propane - Class 3-6: Up to $30,000 per bus

Funding for buses and infrastructure serving
non-prioritized school districts

¦	Electric - Class 7+: Up to $170,000 per bus +
infrastructure

¦	Electric - Class 3-6: Up to $115,000 per bus +
infrastructure

¦	CNG - Class 7+: Up to $30,000 per bus

¦	CNG - Class 3-6: Up to $20,000 per bus

¦	Propane - Class 7+: Up to $25,000 per bus

¦	Propane - Class 3-6: Up to $20,000 per bus

*Funding levels above do not reflect EPA funding available for ADA-compllant wheelchairs, EPA funding for shipping costs to non-contiguous
U.S. states and territories, nor IRA funding available through IRS-disbursed tax credits for EV bus and infrastructure purchases. Please refer
to the 2024 CSB Rebate Program Guide for more information.	^

How can I apply?

1.	Visit spa.aov/cleanschoolbus to review important dates
and eligibility requirements.

2.	Review the 2024 CSB Rebate Program Guide for full
details on the competition.

3.	Submit the complete application via the EPA online
application portal no later than January 9, 2025, at
4 p.m. ET. SAM. gov entity registration required.

Who should I contact for help?

¦ If you have any questions or feedback, please email:

cleanschoolbus@epa.aov.

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