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Two mid-Michigan schools receive combined $140K funding for new buses
Posted Apr 28, 2021
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GENESEE COUNTY, MI U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee has announced $140,000 in funding for school buses for two mid-Michigan schools.
The Clio Area School District will replace five diesel school buses using $100,000 the federal funding. Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools, north of Midland, will replace two buses with the remaining $40,000.
The funding was awarded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Diesel Emissions Reduction Act program.
“Students ought to be going to school on safe buses,” Kildee, D-Flint Twp., said. “By replacing old diesel school buses with newer and cleaner models, we can both reduce pollution and protect public health.