North Penn School District (NPSD) is proud to announce that the transportation department recently received a grant for $142,128 to be used to fund cost-and emission-reducing propane fueled school buses.
This competitive grant from the Department of Environmental Protection’s Driving PA Forward - Onroad Rebate Program is the third awarded to NPSD over the past two and a half years on behalf of this initiative. Since late 2018, NPSD has sought grant money to fund several rounds of propane-fueled buses, the first of which arrived in May of 2019. Grant money awarded to NPSD during this time was also used to install a propane fueling station at North Penn High School (NPHS).
A second round of grant money awarded in February 2020 went to purchase additional propane buses. The third grant recently received for just over $142K will be used to fund five more propane-fueled buses, bringing the total number of propane buses at North Penn up to 31.
“In addition to the financial benefits of propane, such as reduced fuel and maintenance costs, it also burns clean,” said Nick Kraynak, NPSD Coordinator of Transportation. “By reducing the overall greenhouse emissions of our fleet, students, staff and the entire North Penn community will reap the environmental benefits.”
NPSD plans to continue the partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work to transition as many buses as possible to propane-fueled vehicles. North Penn thanks the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for these generous grants and looks forward to providing safer, more energy efficient and less costly transportation for students in the district.
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