More than 21 million students travel to school every day on a yellow school bus. The vast majority of these vehicles are powered by diesel engines that emit harmful exhaust fumes that are breathed in by students, bus drivers, and school staff. This is a significant concern for parents. Diesel exhaust has been tied to lower test scores and higher levels of childhood asthma. At the same time, these emissions are released into the air of our communities as buses go block by block to pick up students.

Replacing these vehicles with electric school buses has become a major opportunity to reduce childhood asthma, reduce carbon emissions, and create American jobs. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes funding for EPA’s Clean School Bus Program to provide $5 billion to help school districts purchase electric school buses. To date, more than 8,682 electric school buses have been awarded, ordered, delivered, or are already in operation in the United States.