EPA awards $480K to S.C. to upgrade diesel school buses
EPA awards $480K to S.C. to upgrade diesel school buses By WMBF News Staff | April 22, 2021 at 11:43 AM EDT - Updated April 22 at 12:22 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - South Carolina is getting close to half a million dollars to upgrade diesel school buses across the state.
According to a press release, the approximately $480,000 is being awarded to the S.C. Department of Education from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The funds are in the form of rebates through the EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. The state is receiving money to buy 24 buses to be distributed across 10 districts.
EPA funds help South Carolina upgrade diesel school buses
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) As congressional Democrats introduce legislation to electrify the nation s school bus fleet, South Carolina is getting nearly half a million in federal funds to upgrade some of the state s older diesel school buses.
A $480,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is being used to replace 24 buses from 10 districts across South Carolina, officials with the state Department of Education said Thursday.
The funding is part of $10.5 million the EPA is awarding to 40 states to replace a total of 473 diesel buses, an effort aimed at reducing pollutants that are linked to asthma and lung damage.
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Wednesday, the General Assembly passed a joint resolution (S.704) requiring all school districts to offer dive-day, in-person instruction no later than April 26.