School Bus Program Information
Contact us and find out how you can become part of the Georgia School Bus Retrofit Program
School buses are by far the safest, most efficient way for our children to get to school. To make the ride to school even safer for our children, EPD encourages school systems to retrofit their buses to reduce harmful emissions. To date, EPD has helped retrofit over 1000 school buses.
Thank you to all who have helped us achieve this and
LET'S KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Everyday more than one million children board Georgia's 15,000 school buses traveling to and from school. This does not even include the dedicated bus drivers and mechanics who drive and work on the buses. They are all breathing diesel exhaust. The Georgia Retrofit Program is making it easier for school systems in Georgia to reduce the emissions from their school bus fleets. It also helps establish partnerships between school systems, community businesses, corporations, and civic organizations with the common goal of protecting the health and well being of children in their communities.
The Program is designed to help system in Georgia reduce diesel emissions through several methods:
Find out who is already participating in Georgia's Retrofit Program, how diesel emissions can affect children's health, what grant money is available to you and what you can do to make your school buses healthier for your students, drivers and mechanics by clicking the links below:
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