Lawmakers are pushing to provide school districts throughout New Mexico financial support during the upcoming legislative session to replace their diesel school buses with zero emission alternative fuel ones.

The district plans to purchase 125 electric school buses, bringing it closer to its goal of a fully electric fleet by 2030.

Boston Public Schools will add 125 new electric school buses to its fleet, more than quadrupling its current number.

Jefferson and Livingston parishes were the latest Louisiana recipients of federal agency funds to replace buses with electric-powered ones.

Suburban school districts have a long road ahead of them before school bus fleets are completely electric. Thanks to state and federal grants and an incentive from a utility, however, districts