Clean School Bus Program

Program objective

Title XI, Section 71101 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA or The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or (BIL)), Public Law 117-58 amended section 741 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16091) to authorize the EPA’S Clean School Bus (CSB) Program to award grants, contracts, and rebates for the replacement of existing school buses with clean school buses. IIJA appropriates $ 5 billion for the program over five Federal fiscal years (FY 22-26). The objective of this assistance is, to the maximum extent practicable, achieve nationwide deployment of clean school buses and zero-emission school buses and to ensure a broad geographic distribution of awards. The CSB Program will fund the replacement of existing school buses with cleaner buses that result in better air quality on the bus, in bus loading areas, and throughout the communities in which they operate. The Clean School Bus Program works to reduce pollution emitted from existing school buses by replacing them with cleaner school buses. Priority is given to projects which propose to replace buses that serve high-need local education agencies; rural school districts; Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded school districts; and school districts receiving basic support payments for children who reside on Indian land.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

• ✓For-Profit Organization
• ✓Other
• ✓Nonprofit Organization
• ✓U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
• ✓U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
• ✓Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
• ✓Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination
• ✓County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority)
• ✓State

Eligible recipient means 1 or more local or State governmental entities responsible for providing school bus service to 1 or more public school systems or the purchase, lease, license, or contract for service of school buses; a public charter school district responsible for the purchase, lease, license, or contract for service of school buses for that charter school; a Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) or Joint Transportation Agency (JTA), with a NCES ID specific to either the RESA or JTA; an eligible contractor; a nonprofit school transportation association; or an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.5304)), Tribal organization (as defined in that section), or Tribally controlled school (as defined in section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C.2511)) that is responsible for providing school bus service to 1 or more Bureau-funded schools (as defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)) or the purchase, lease, license, or contract for service of school buses; a nonprofit school transportation association dedicated primarily to school bus transportation; or an eligible for-profit organization including school bus dealers, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), school bus service providers, and Electrification as a Service (EaaS) providers . Per the CSB statute (42 U.S.C. 16091), an eligible for-profit, not-for-profit, or nonprofit entity must have the capacity to sell, lease, license, or contract for service clean school buses, zero-emission school buses, charging or fueling infrastructure, or other equipment needed to charge, fuel, or maintain clean school buses or zero-emission school buses, to individuals or entities that own, lease, license, or contract for service of a school bus or a fleet of school buses or arrange financing for such a sale, lease, license, or contract for service. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy.

Intended beneficiaries: Specific Restrictions Determined at NOFO Level, State, Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination, Other, Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, Local and Interstate Organization.

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

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