EPA recently announced the school districts that were awarded electric school buses in the 2023 round of school bus funding. They include Bibb County, Carrollton City, Clayton County, Dekalb County, Glynn County, and Richmond County/Augusta. That means over 150 new electric school buses coming to Georgia – healthy clean buses for students who ride them, and for the drivers who drive them!
Together with the over 120 school buses awarded to Georgia counties in the 2022 round of funding, this means almost 300 electric school buses bringing better health to our state! And there are still 3 more rounds of funding to go!
Here is the number of electric school buses for each county or city for both 2022 and 2023:
Atlanta Public Schools: 25
Bibb County School District: 15
Carrollton City Schools: 10
Charlton County Schools: 4
Chattahoochee County Schools: 4
Clayton County Public Schools: 75 (25 in 2022 and 50 in 2023)
Cook County Schools: 2
Dekalb County School District: 50
Glynn County Schools: 6
Jeff Davis County Schools: 3
Long County School System 10 – Long County already has their EV buses on the road!
Macon County School System: 5
Meriwether County School System: 8
Richmond County School System: 25
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System: 25
Tift County Schools: 5
Union County Schools: 4
Wilkes County Schools: 5
Pataula Charter Academy: 2
Congratulations to all the counties and cities that are getting funding for all the electric school buses and for prioritizing student and driver health and well-being!
Data from EPA Clean School Bus Website
1-29-2024
