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Georgia's Communities Deserve Clean School Buses

Clean school buses protect health.

But the EPA is holding clean school bus funding hostage

Across Georgia, electric school buses are giving children clean, safe, healthy rides to school. These buses protect passengers from harmful diesel exhaust, which causes asthma, stunts lung growth, contributes to cognitive and learning issues, and is known to cause cancer. Electric buses also save school districts money on fuel costs, and because many are manufactured right here in Georgia, they support our local economy.

Despite their popularity with school districts and their proven benefits to children's health, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has frozen funding for the Clean School Bus Program. Over $2.3 billion in funds that were authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal have been frozen since January 2025. Without these funds, many school districts cannot transition their fleets from diesel to electric.

We need your help to release these funds. Contact your representatives today and let them know that your kids deserve the clean, healthy air that zero-emissions buses provide.

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Subject: Please ask the EPA: Release Frozen Clean School Bus Funds

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As the caregiver of a child in Georgia's school system, I am writing to urge you to press the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release the remaining $2.37 billion in Clean School Bus (CSB) program funds authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2022, which have been frozen since January 2025.<br>Every day, children on diesel school buses are being exposed to harmful diesel exhaust. This exposure damages their developing lungs, contributes to asthma attacks, and harms their ability to do well in school. <br>Across Georgia, thousands of kids get to ride clean, zero-emissions electric buses to school. These kids are protected from harmful exhaust and get to breathe clean, safe, healthy air on their way to and from school. Even though electric buses have proven health benefits for students, school districts have a difficult time transitioning their fleets without the support of funding from the EPA's Clean School Bus Program. <br>Leaving these vital public health resources frozen forces our kids  to continue breathing toxic fumes. Our kids deserve better. <br>As my representative in Washington, I ask you to advocate for the immediate release of these frozen funds so that Georgia's school districts can continue their transition toward clean, healthy zero-emission student transportation. Our children's health, development, and futures depend on it.

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Clean school buses protect health.

But the EPA is holding clean school bus funding hostage

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