Yellow school buses are going green with a $1 billion investment | US EPA funding will allow school districts to purchase electric and low-emission buses

The EPA funding will allow school districts to purchase electric and low-emission buses, but it could be a bumpy transition for some districts.

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On Monday, the [Biden] administration announced nearly $1 billion for school districts to replace diesel buses with cleaner versions, including electric buses. The grants are aimed at protecting kids from harmful air pollution while curbing the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet.

The money comes from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, which authorized a total of $5 billion for cleaner school buses. The Environmental Protection Agency will dole out grants that will allow more than 280 school districts serving more than 7 million stu

Ok the EPA is the one distributing it, not funding it.
- So like $.34 per US citizen, not bad.
  
  339,996,563 (2023 US pop estimate ) / (US$ 1 billion) = ~$0.34
  
  I think that all government spending should be described in per capita terms. Even better would be per taxpayer. And maybe split between individual taxpayers and businesses that takes into account actual tax paid, not just the technicality of filing.
  
  I agree with your conclusion but I think you have your numerator and denominator swapped.
  
  $1,000,000,000 / 339,996,563 citizens = ~$2.94 / citizen
- Congress funded it, like everything else the federal government does.
  
  The title could be read that it was EPA's decision. But it was Congress's decision.
Just wait until we find out who gets the contracts!
- There are a handful of electric school bus makers. It's going to be one of them.
  
  Just one?

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