A local school is among several across the nation that are receiving funding for electric school buses.
On Wednesday it was announced that Albert City Truesdale is getting 395-thousand dollars towards one bus. A-C-T is a pre-k through 6th grade elementary school.
The West Sioux School District is receiving 790-thousand dollars to go toward two buses.
A total of 391 rebate awards totaling nearly one-billion dollars were announced from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program. Awards are being given to school districts in all 50 states. The awards will support the purchase of over 24-hundred school buses. 95-percent of the buses will be electric.
