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Earlier this year, Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Head Start Program, an early childhood learning center, received a $230,000 grant to upgrade a diesel-fueled school bus to an electric one. The district received the grant from the state’s Driving a Cleaner Illinois Program, but the program did not receive more money to grow District 65’s electric...
Compass Transportation, which provides local transit to Head Start, received part of a $4.2 million grant from Pritzker as the result of a proposal generated by student sustainability fellows.
Huntley Unit District 158 recently announced a step forward in its commitment to green energy: the Illinois EPA has awarded over $4.2 million in grant funding to 15 school districts across the Chicago area which will go toward the purchase of electric buses.