ATLANTA — Seven Georgia school districts will receive nearly $60 million in federal funding for new electric and low-emission buses.
The Georgia grant is part of $1 billion going to school systems across the country to pay for clean buses. The money comes from the bipartisan infrastructure spending bill Congress passed in 2021.
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