Biden Administration Announces $1 Billion in Grants for Green School Buses Despite Inspector General's Concerns

The Environmental Protection Agency has now awarded nearly $2 billion for the purchase of electric and low-emission school buses, despite concerns about the feasibility of the program.

The Biden administration has announced nearly $1 billion in federal grants for school districts nationwide to decarbonize their bus fleets, despite recent inspector general findings casting doubt on the program.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected 67 applicants to receive approximately $965 million to purchase electric and low-emission school buses.
The funding means the agency has now awarded nearly $2 billion for thousands of new buses across hundreds of school districts under its Clean School Bus Program.
The EPA Office of Inspector General in late December published the findings of an audit which determined that the Clean School Bus Program was largely dependent on utility companies' ability to increase power supplies.
Entities interviewed by the inspector general's office specifically expressed concern about the ability of utility providers to bring power lines and transformers to school districts with electric buses.