The Bus Stop

NSTA: The Bus Stop Recording with Jason Wilcox, Coordinator of EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) School Bus Rebates and State Grants, Environmental Protection Agency

October 06, 2021
The Bus Stop
NSTA: The Bus Stop Recording with Jason Wilcox, Coordinator of EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) School Bus Rebates and State Grants, Environmental Protection Agency
Show Notes

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop - Jason Wilcox, Coordinator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) School Bus Rebates and State Grants, joins NSTA Executive Director, Curt Macysyn to discuss the DERA program, as well as the opening of two School Bus Rebate programs. Jason starts out with providing a look into the background of DERA, and his role at EPA. Jason and Curt then highlight a new program included in the American Rescue Plan Act that allocates funding (rebates) to low income school districts in order to replace diesel emission buses with electric school buses. Jason outlines the opening of the 2021 DERA School Bus Rebates program with application dates and where you can go to receive application information. What you need to know when you need to know it, always at NSTA: The Bus Stop. Subscribe today!

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