By NICK POPE
The Biden administration announced it is handing out $900 million to pay for green school buses, while American public-school students continue to perform poorly in the aggregate.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the recipients of the funding for green school buses to fight climate change, with schools in 47 states receiving some funding. The spending comes as American public-school students continue to struggle to make up for learning disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdown policies, as a 2022 review by the National Assessment of Educational Progress found that only 31% of eighth grade students met or exceeded grade-level proficiency in reading, a decrease from 2019.
“President Biden believes every child deserves the opportunity to lead a healthy life and breathe clean air, and his Investing in America agenda is designed to deliver just that,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said of the funding. “With today’s latest round of funding, we are transforming the nation’s school bus fleet to better protect our most precious cargo — our kids — saving school districts money, improving air quality, and bolstering American manufacturing all at the same time.”
Kamala Harris on her favorite parts of the Inflation Reduction Act:
"I have a particular fondness, I must tell you, for electric school buses. I love electric school buses." pic.twitter.com/1Ta71U1qnP
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 19, 2022
The green school bus push is part of the Biden administration’s broader, $1 trillion-plus climate agenda, which seeks to slash emissions in nearly every facet of American life…
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