CCPS Receives Nearly $10 Million Through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program
Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS) is excited to announce that it has received a grant through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program. CCPS is one of 389 school districts and other agencies to receive the grant. These are the first awards of the five-year, $5 billion program created by the Infrastructure Law. CCPS will receive nearly $10 million to purchase 25 electric school buses and 25 charging units to support the new vehicles.
A special ceremony marking this announcement will be held at the Clayton County International Park in Jonesboro on Thursday, November 3, 2022. The ceremony, which is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., is being organized by the Electrification Coalition, a Washington, D.C. based organization that develops and implements a broad set of strategies to facilitate widespread adoption of electric vehicles.
“We are excited to be a recipient of this future forward grant,” said Dr. Morcease J. Beasley, CCPS Superintendent/CEO of Schools. “For years Clayton County Public Schools has prioritized student health in relation to air pollution and bus emissions by designating schools as idle-free zones. We are being responsible by doing our part to lower emissions that are accelerating climate change.”
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