The agency is distributing $1 billion across 30 states, including $60 million in Georgia.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Lawmakers, school leaders and students took a quiet ride into the future outside Stone Mountain Middle School. The new all-electric school bus from Blue Bird hardly made a sound as it pulled out of the parking lot.
“Some of my best memories are on the school bus,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) said. “But let me tell you — the bus I rode this morning was a whole lot quieter and smoother than the buses I rode many years ago.”
On Monday, he joined school leaders, lawmakers and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan to announce the latest round of funding for clean school buses.
“Transitioning to clean school buses mean cleaner air, less pollution. It means healthier kids, healthier communities. It means less time away from school and increased focus and increased …