In Saturday’s Record-Eagle, Report For America corps member Michael Livingston wrote about a concerted effort to get electric buses on the road in school districts across Michigan – particularly in northern Michigan.Rural or low-income areas or tribal school systems are top priority. But, at this point, Gaylord Community Schools is the only district in the region using them.From what we’ve been able to tell, there is skepticism among some school officials about this federal priority, which allocated $5 billion over the next five years for the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean School Bus Program.” The idea is to replace existing school buses with clean and zero-emission vehicles.
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