School Bus Replacements

Eligibility Criteria

Additional criteria can be found in the 2017 Carl Moyer Program Guidelines, Chapter 4: On-Road Heavy-Duty Vehicles, and in the grant application (linked below).

• Only public school districts that own their own buses or Joint Power Authorities (JPA) between public schools are eligible to apply.
• Existing buses must be greater than 14,000 GVWR.
• The existing bus must be in operational condition and have operated in the school district’s fleet for at least two years.
• For school bus electric conversions, the baseline vehicle chassis must be ten years old or newer. CHP requires engineering plans, certified by a California licensed engineer, to be able to safety certify the school bus.
• School buses subject to the Truck and Bus Regulation are only eligible if they meet one of the following requirements:
  • The existing school bus must have an OEM diesel particulate filter (DPF) installed.
  • The existing school bus must be retrofitted with a DPF that reduces diesel PM emissions by at least 85%.
  • The existing school bus must be reported in TRUCRS under the Low-Use exemption.
  • School bus fleets must be reported in TRUCRS.