Now, Republican lawmakers are taking a different approach: pushing a bill to allow individual school districts to opt out of the zero-emission school bus requirements. An opt-out waiver submitted to state Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa would permanently exempt districts that are hesitant to accept the new mandate.

SPRINGFIELD — The city will take 25 of its oldest and most polluting school buses off the road in the upcoming years thanks to a $6.6 million federal grant that will allow it to purchase electric vehicles as a replacement.

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WPRI) — A Rhode Island charter school now has the largest fleet of electric school buses in the state. Blackstone Valley Prep revealed its 24 all-electric buses made by Highland Electric Fleets on Tuesday.

State Assemblyman Robert Smullen was in Albany Tuesday to promote a bill that would allow some school districts to opt out of a state mandate requiring a shift to electric buses, citing concerns of cost and infrastructure.

A Blackstone Valley school is unveiling a fleet of electric buses on Tuesday. Blackstone Valley Prep held a ribbon-cutting for its fleet of 24 new electric school buses. ALSO READ: Man, 18, charged in connection with shooting of 16-year-old Easton girl The school is calling the new fleet the largest deployment to date in Rhode Island.