(AGENPARL) – mer 17 aprile 2024 Issued: Apr 17, 2024 (11:41am EDT)
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EPA paves the way for clean buses at Fairfax County Public Schools
Clean School Bus grant brings green future to school transportation.
PHILADELPHIA (April 17, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz and U.S. Rep.
Gerry Connolly (VA-11) celebrated one of EPA’s first Clean School Bus grants
under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law being awarded to Fairfax County Public
Schools during a ceremony at Lorton Station Elementary School in Lorton,
Virginia.
With county and local leaders, school officials, and representatives from
nonprofits also in attendance, the event commemorated the $16.5 million grant,
made possible through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, that
will bring 42 electric buses to the Fairfax County Public School bus fleet for
cleaner air and a healthier quality of life for children across the county.
“This is an exciting day to celebrate Fairfax County Public Schools on its
journey to a greener future,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator
Adam Ortiz. “Thanks to the EPA’s Clean School Bus grant, this community will
receive a boost in its efforts to reduce emissions through sustainable
transportation, marking a significant investment that will lead to cleaner
air, healthier students and a greener tomorrow.”
During the event, elected leaders and other stakeholders highlighted the
importance of EPA’s Clean School Bus program in transitioning from older
diesel engines linked to asthma and other conditions.
“Fairfax County is home to one of the largest school districts in the
country,” said U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11). “Every day, thousands of
students, staff, and parents are in and around school buses, exposed by no
choice of their own to diesel exhaust and other toxins. That changes today.
Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that I voted for, and President
Biden signed into law, Fairfax County will soon be home to 42 brand new
electric school buses. That’s good news for our planet and it’s good news
for our students. Today is a great day for Fairfax County, and I am so proud
to be part of it.”
The EPA announced Fairfax County Public Schools’ selection through EPA’s
first Clean School Bus Program grants competition in January 2024.
This grant will provide some of the first EPA-funded electric clean school
buses to Fairfax County Public Schools, which partnered with Dominion Energy
for infrastructure installation. The 42 new electric buses will join the
current Fairfax County Public Schools bus fleet responsible for transporting
more than 141,000 students daily. 
“We are honored and excited to be among the recipients of the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Awards,” said Dr. Michelle Reid,
Superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools. “This recognition not only
underscores our commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship but
also reflects our ongoing efforts to provide healthier, cleaner transportation
for all Fairfax County Public Schools students.”
EPA’s Clean School Bus Program provides an unprecedented $5 billion of
funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to transform the nation’s
fleet of school buses. It funds clean school buses to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, save money for school districts, and produce cleaner air. 
The program delivers on President Biden’s?Justice40?Initiative, which
aims to deliver 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments to
disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved
and?overburdened by pollution.
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