March 30, 2022 presentation hosted by the Alliance for Electric School Buses, WRI's Electric School Bus Initiative and Chispa. For more information, visit https://www.wri.org/events/2022/3/electric-school-buses-stories-field

1. Electric School Buses:
Stories from the Field
March 30, 2022
Hosted by the Alliance for Electric School Buses, WRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative & Chispa
Photo credit: Deanna Dent

2. ▪ An electric school bus webinar series
▪ Hosted by the Alliance for Electric
School Buses and WRI’s Electric
School Bus Initiative
▪ Future topics:
✓ EPA’s Clean School Bus Program
✓ Other funding & financing
✓ Charging & infrastructure
✓ Supportive policies
“GETTING ON BOARD”

3. WHY ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES?
Electrification can accelerate decarbonization while bringing direct,
tangible benefits to every community
Improved health and cognitive outcomes for children
Cleaner air, especially in high-pollution corridors and communities of color
Reduced operating expenses for school districts
New jobs in green manufacturing
A tipping point for MHD + electrification
Enhanced resiliency and renewables integration with V2G

4. THE BURDEN OF AIR POLLUTION IS INEQUITABLE
• 70% of low-income students take the
bus compared to 50% of non-low-income
students
• Fine PM exposure from on-road sources
can be 75% higher for Latinos, 73%
higher for Asian Americans, and 61%
higher for African Americans
• Native Americans are disproportionately
impacted by air pollution and have
childhood asthma rates 50% above
national average
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Union of Concerned Scientists, National Library of Medicine

5. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES TODAY?
Electric school buses are
operating in every type of
community, and 1800+
have been committed to in
36 states
Leading state commitments:
• California: 792 electric school buses
• Maryland: 332 electric school buses
• Florida: 218 electric school buses
Source: WRI analysis, January 2022

7. NEW FEDERAL ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM
In November 2021, Congress passed the bipartisan Infrastructure
Investment & Jobs Act, including a record $5 billion to replace
older, polluting school buses with cleaner and electric school buses.
That includes $2.5 billion in dedicated, standalone funding for
electric school buses and another $2.5 billion for electric and low-
emissions school buses.
Now EPA is charged with designing and implementing a Clean
School Bus Program to disburse the funds.
Department
of Transportation,
Department of Energy,
and other agencies
have opportunity
to provide ESB
funding beyond the
$5 billion allocated
to EPA

8. SIGN UP FOR THE NEXT WEBINAR: APRIL 27TH
RESOURCES
Technical assistance &
instructional resources
for school districts
District-ready pitch deck
These resources will be shared with you after the webinar! Others in the pipeline include an ESB
market report, Power Planner & RFP template.
Coming soon to your inbox:
✓ School district technical assistance – inquiry form
✓ Make the case! ESB pitch deck
✓ Blogs on:
✓ Funding and financing ESBs
✓ ESBs and vehicle-to-grid opportunities
✓ State policy best practices
✓ School district case studies
✓ National ESB dataset and map
✓ Total cost of ownership calculators
✓ Other sites and resources

9. TODAY’S WEBINAR: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
In collaboration with Chispa
Ann Weeden, Director of
Transportation, Oxford
Community Schools
Blanca Abarca, Mother &
Promotora with Chispa Arizona
Michelle Uberuaga, Moms Clean
Air Force Field Consultant

10. Thank you for joining us!
For more information, please visit:
✓ electricschoolbuses4kids.org
✓ wri.org/esb
Don't forget to register for our next webinar – on the EPA Clean School Bus Program
Photo credit: Gil Blue Feather Rosas