ASSOCIATED PRESS • October 26, 2022
Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making the grants available as part of a wider effort to accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles and reduce air pollution near schools and communities. Thirteen Maine school districts are part of the grant.:
• Castine Public Schools - 1 bus requested for $395,000 rebate
• Dayton Public Schools - 4 buses requested for $1,580,000 rebate
• East Range CSD - 1 bus requested for $395,000 rebate
• Mt Desert CSD - 1 bus requested for $395,000 rebate
• Pleasant Point - 3 buses requested for $1,095,000 rebate
• RSU 12 - 2 buses requested for $790,000 rebate
• RSU 20 - 2 buses requested for $790,000 rebate
• RSU 57/MSAD 57 - 2 buses requested for $790,000 rebate
• RSU 83/MSAD 13 - 1 bus requested for $395,000 rebate
• Southwest Harbor Public Schools - 1 bus requested for $395,000 rebate
• Waite Public Schools - 1 bus requested for $395,000 rebate
• Wells-Ogunquit CSD - 11 buses requested for $4,345,000 rebate
• Winthrop Public Schools - 4 buses requested for $1,580,000 rebate