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23 Kentucky School Districts to Receive $1,495,918 for Clean School
Bus Efforts
Retrofits will benefit 202,014 students around the
Commonwealth
 FRANKFORT,
Ky. (August 12, 2009) – Governor Steve Beshear
announced today that 23 school districts were funded to
retrofit 690 school buses around the Commonwealth. The
source of funding is the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. The availability of the funds
was announced in April of this year resulting in 35 school
districts applying with nearly $2 million in funding
requested.
“I am pleased to announce that as a result of this
funding, over 202,000 students will benefit from this
program. Air, both in the bus cabin and outside of the
buses, will be cleaner, resulting in less student and
staff absenteeism from health concerns such as asthma,”
said Gov. Beshear.
The school districts that were funded are: Ashland
Independent School District, Corbin Independent Schools,
Daviess County Public Schools, Elizabethtown Independent
Schools, Floyd County Schools, Frankfort Independent
Schools, Franklin County Public Schools, Gallatin County
Schools, Grayson County Schools, Jefferson County Public
Schools, Lincoln County School District, Livingston County
Schools, Madison County Schools, Marion County Public
Schools, Montgomery County Schools, Owsley County Schools,
Pike County Schools, Pulaski County School System,
Somerset Independent Schools, Spencer County Public
Schools, Taylor County Schools, Trigg County Public
Schools, and Warren County Public Schools. The map below
indicates the distribution of funds around the state.
The buses will be retrofitted with a combination of
diesel oxidation catalysts, diesel multi-stage filters,
and crankcase shaft filters. The funding also purchased
diesel particulate filter cleaning machines and
replacement filters for the crankcase shaft filters.
Pollution will also be reduced by many districts that
incorporated idle reduction plans or policies into their
Clean School Bus programs.
Counties in red were awarded ARRA funds for Clean School
Bus programs.
This
grant will be administered by KCFC member
Kentucky Division
for Air Quality. |
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