Clean School Bus Program Awards
- Total Clean School Bus Program Awards
- Instructions for Interactive Maps and Data Tables
- Awarded CSB Rebates
- Awarded CSB Grants
- CSB Program Withdrawals
Total Clean School Bus Program Awards
With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA’s Clean School Bus Program provides $5 billion over five years (FY 2022-2026) to replace existing school buses with zero-emission and clean school buses. The above figures represent the total awards across all rebate and grant funding opportunities to-date. Please continue scrolling to see more detailed information about rebate and grant awards. The section directly below outlines the source of this information and how it is updated.
Instructions for Interactive Maps and Data Tables
Note: The information on this page provides a snapshot of awards and is updated regularly. The total number of awards are subject to change due to selectee withdrawals and other factors. This information is not an official notification of award. Applicants are notified of selection via the processes outlined in the Rebate Program Guides and Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunities.
The interactive maps and tables below highlight rebate and grant awards. Be advised: these are maximum funding amounts. The amount of funding that will be disbursed after a school district submits their order documentation may be lower than these maximum amounts because the funds to be disbursed are based on actual costs of the bus(es) and any associated charging infrastructure.
Note about the geospatial representation of CSB Projects:
In this interactive map, each awarded school district is represented as a polygon, when available, representing the school district boundary, using data from the Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates Program. For school districts that do not have a representative polygon boundary in the EDGE dataset (e.g., charter schools), a representative point has been used instead, using the geographical coordinates for the school or agency administrative office. Coordinate degrees, minutes, and seconds have been converted to six-digit decimal degrees. The district's NCES ID can serve as a key data field to crosswalk the CSB awarded project data represented here with the geospatial data from NCES EDGE. For more about the geospatial data, please see NCES EDGE:
A school district’s boundary may change from one academic year to another. The table below identifies which School Year data was used in each Clean School Bus Funding Opportunity
Clean School Bus Funding Opportunity | School Year |
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FY2022 Clean School Bus Rebate Program | SY 2020-2021 |
FY2023 Clean School Bus Grant Program | SY 2021-2022 |
When remapping these data, we recommend using polygon boundaries where available as these best represent a project's approximate place of performance (i.e. where vehicles will operate). However, extra care should be taken when representing these on a map, as a single point or small polygon may be convenient for visualization but may ultimately be misleading to viewers about the extent and nature of the project, because of the mobile nature of both vehicles and the benefits from these projects.
Awarded CSB Rebates
The 2022 CSB Rebates was the first round of funding from the EPA Clean School Bus Program. The rebate application period closed in August 2022 with an outstanding response from school districts seeking to purchase electric and clean school buses across the country. EPA received around 2,000 applications requesting nearly $4 billion for over 12,000 buses. The applicant pool included submissions from all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and federally recognized Tribes. The interactive map and data table below outline the details of awarded 2022 CSB Rebates. 1
In Fall 2023, EPA opened the 2023 CSB Rebates and expects to award at least $500 million in funding. EPA anticipates making 2023 CSB Rebates selection announcements in April 2024.
CSB Rebates Interactive Map and Data Table
Please refer to the Instructions for Interactive Maps and Data Tables for more detailed information on the information that is represented and how to utilize these features.
The map and table may display better on your device outside of this page, so go to interactive map and table at CSB Rebates Interactive Map. Note: Interactive map does not work with the Internet Explorer web browser and displays best on desktops and laptops.
CSB Rebates Waitlist
EPA is no longer pulling applicants from the 2022 CSB Rebates waitlist. Remaining funds from the 2022 CSB Rebate Program will be rolled into future funding opportunities.
EPA anticipates making 2023 CSB Rebate Program selection announcements in April 2024. Applications not selected by lottery will remain in random number order on a waitlist that will be shared on this page when available.2
Awarded CSB Grants
The 2023 CSB Grants was the first round of grant funding under the EPA Clean School Bus Program. The application closed in August 2023 with an outstanding response from applicants seeking to purchase electric and clean school buses from across the country, including applicants in low-income communities, Tribal nations, and territories.3 The interactive map and data table below outline the details of awarded 2023 CSB Grants.
Note: the information below is currently displayed by project AND school district. As grantees finalize their workplans, amounts awarded and number of buses may be adjusted. This information will be updated when available.
Note: Third-party grantees were required to serve at minimum four school districts, but the school districts could be across multiple states, so long as they are in the same EPA region. Until workplans are finalized, EPA is unable to provide exact figures on the number of funds and buses that will be allocated to each school, and as a result, each state. This information will be updated when available.
CSB Grants Interactive Map and Data Table
Please refer to the Instructions for Interactive Maps and Data Tables for more detailed information on the information that is represented and how to utilize these features.
The map and table may display better on your device outside of this page, so go to interactive map and table at CSB Grants Interactive Map. Note: Interactive map does not work with the Internet Explorer web browser and displays best on desktops and laptops.
Note: If you download the data from the CSB Grants Data Table, all of the third-party grants will display the project-level total for each school district. This will make the totals appear higher than they actually are, so please cross-reference this information with the CSB Grants Data Table. As third-party grantees finalize their workplans, this data will be updated to reflect district-level totals once available.
CSB Program Withdrawals
The majority of withdrawals to date have been due to issues with gaining school board approval for the new bus project. While some school boards cited concerns around budget constraints or technology performance (e.g., range anxiety, cold weather performance), others did not provide a reason for withdrawing. The CSB Program has implemented several measures to mitigate withdrawals from future funding opportunities, including: 1) the inclusion of a School Board Awareness Certification in the 2023 CSB Rebates Program to facilitate applicants discussing the potential project with the school board during the application period, and 2) the development of technical assistance materials on transitioning to electric school buses (e.g., Considerations and Resources document). We expect to continue partnering with the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to provide more resources specific to stakeholder questions, such as cold weather performance of electric buses.
1. For more details, please refer to this press release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for 389 School Districts.
2. If a selectee does not complete the remaining required steps early in the rebate process, drops out, or is otherwise deemed ineligible, then that selectee will be removed from the program. Those funds may be offered to other 2023 applicants on the waitlist. EPA will follow the selection process outlined in Section 6 of the 2023 CSB Rebates Program Guide (pdf) (1.2 MB, September 2023, EPA-420-B-23-032) when reallocating these funds. Applicants may be pulled from the waitlist up to 90 days after the initial selection notification. However, EPA may opt to use returned funds for future CSB funding opportunities, rather than award funds to applicants on the waitlist.
3. For more details, please refer to this press release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1B in awards for clean school buses across the nation as part of Investing in America Agenda.