On October 26, 2022, the Biden administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition.[1] The EPA selected 389 school districts spanning 50 states, Washington, D.C., and several Tribes and territories. 99% of the projects selected by the EPA are school districts identified as priority areas serving low-income, rural, and, or Tribal students. The agency awarded these recipients $913 million to support the purchase of 2,463 buses, 95% of which will be electric.

In May 2022, the agency announced the availability of $500 million for its Clean School Bus Program. However, given the overwhelming demand from school districts, the EPA nearly doubled the amount of funding that will be awarded to $965 million. More applications for FY2022 are under review, and the agency plans to select more to reach the full $965 million. The awards are the first $1 billion of a five-year, $5 billion program created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The EPA plans to launch the next rounds of program funding in the coming months.

[1] https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-1-billion-epas-clean-school-bus-program