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Federal funding to help area school districts get clean-energy buses

The man threatened the boy and coerced him into taking inappropriate photos of himself.
Bus driver sentenced Michael Chick, of Eliot, Maine, who was arrested in 2022, pleaded guilty in federal court in February to one count of cyberstalking an 8-year-old boy. (aceshot/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Federal funding is bringing clean-energy school buses to several Pittsburgh-area school districts.

The EPA’s Clean School Bus Program made $900 million in rebates available to school districts across the country, including $55.7 million in Pennsylvania.

The money will help selected schools purchase clean school buses, accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles and replace older, diesel-fueled school buses.

Districts in western Pennsylvania that received funding include Pine-Richland, Bethel Park, Moon Area, Plum, South Fayette, Woodland Hills, Homer-Center and Kiski Area. The money will help the districts bring in 77 new clean-energy buses into use in our area.

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