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The Delaware Division of Training (DDOE) hopes to assist 5 faculty districts fund a complete of 14 electrical faculty buses and 17 propane buses by means of the federal Clear Faculty Bus Rebate Program.
The division — which qualifies the identical as a college district as an applicant for this rebate as a result of the state is a funder, purchaser and title proprietor of virtually 500 faculty buses – submitted the rebate functions for:
- Brandywine – 7 propane
- Caesar Rodney – 2 propane
- Capital – 3 electrical, 1 propane
- Colonial – 3 electrical, 1 propane
- Purple Clay Consolidated – 8 electrical, 6 propane
The U.S. Environmental Safety Company’s Clear Faculty Bus Rebate program incentivizes each electrical and propane faculty bus purchases since each are cleaner than diesel engine buses. Delaware faculty bus fleets already include about 108 propane buses, and the extra requested propane bus rebates proceed that transition effort. The 14 electrical faculty buses requested can be Delaware’s first.
“We’re grateful for the assist of the Delaware Division of Transportation and the Loudoun County Faculty District in Virginia on this undertaking. The experience and recommendation of those companions helped us draft a robust proposal that, if profitable, will assist us proceed our transition to a cleaner faculty bus fleet,” Secretary of Training Mark Holodick stated.
DART, the state’s transit operator inside the Delaware Division of Transportation, started its transition into electrical transit buses with six buses, and Loudoun County Faculty District in Virginia started with 5 in a 700-plus fleet. Representatives of each entities informed DDOE of the necessity to perceive the operational limits, upkeep, employee coaching, charging and different logistics earlier than making electrical buses a bigger a part of a fleet that should stay totally dependable. As a result of the Clear Faculty Bus program requires eliminating older buses when the brand new ones are bought, neither the outdated nor new buses can merely be handled as “spares” in a fleet – they should be operated day by day.
The EPA rebate program requires that the brand new clear buses change older faculty buses which are at present in service, with the first class for alternative being diesel buses from 2010 or earlier than. Delaware has engaged in a concerted effort to exchange older faculty buses over the previous couple of years with newer, cleaner ones, and 99 p.c of the state-owned buses have been already newer than 2010, with 76 p.c 2016 or newer. The Delaware rebate functions, if all granted, would change all state-owned faculty buses which are 2012 or older.
The EPA expects to make award bulletins in October with plans for future software rounds within the coming years that would permit the state to additional broaden its cleaner bus fleet.
Media contact: Alison Could, alison.might@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006
Associated Matters: clear, Delaware, training, electrical, setting, federal, propane, rebate, faculty bus
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The Delaware Division of Training (DDOE) hopes to assist 5 faculty districts fund a complete of 14 electrical faculty buses and 17 propane buses by means of the federal Clear Faculty Bus Rebate Program.
The division — which qualifies the identical as a college district as an applicant for this rebate as a result of the state is a funder, purchaser and title proprietor of virtually 500 faculty buses – submitted the rebate functions for:
- Brandywine – 7 propane
- Caesar Rodney – 2 propane
- Capital – 3 electrical, 1 propane
- Colonial – 3 electrical, 1 propane
- Purple Clay Consolidated – 8 electrical, 6 propane
The U.S. Environmental Safety Company’s Clear Faculty Bus Rebate program incentivizes each electrical and propane faculty bus purchases since each are cleaner than diesel engine buses. Delaware faculty bus fleets already include about 108 propane buses, and the extra requested propane bus rebates proceed that transition effort. The 14 electrical faculty buses requested can be Delaware’s first.
“We’re grateful for the assist of the Delaware Division of Transportation and the Loudoun County Faculty District in Virginia on this undertaking. The experience and recommendation of those companions helped us draft a robust proposal that, if profitable, will assist us proceed our transition to a cleaner faculty bus fleet,” Secretary of Training Mark Holodick stated.
DART, the state’s transit operator inside the Delaware Division of Transportation, started its transition into electrical transit buses with six buses, and Loudoun County Faculty District in Virginia started with 5 in a 700-plus fleet. Representatives of each entities informed DDOE of the necessity to perceive the operational limits, upkeep, employee coaching, charging and different logistics earlier than making electrical buses a bigger a part of a fleet that should stay totally dependable. As a result of the Clear Faculty Bus program requires eliminating older buses when the brand new ones are bought, neither the outdated nor new buses can merely be handled as “spares” in a fleet – they should be operated day by day.
The EPA rebate program requires that the brand new clear buses change older faculty buses which are at present in service, with the first class for alternative being diesel buses from 2010 or earlier than. Delaware has engaged in a concerted effort to exchange older faculty buses over the previous couple of years with newer, cleaner ones, and 99 p.c of the state-owned buses have been already newer than 2010, with 76 p.c 2016 or newer. The Delaware rebate functions, if all granted, would change all state-owned faculty buses which are 2012 or older.
The EPA expects to make award bulletins in October with plans for future software rounds within the coming years that would permit the state to additional broaden its cleaner bus fleet.
Media contact: Alison Could, alison.might@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006
Associated Matters: clear, Delaware, training, electrical, setting, federal, propane, rebate, faculty bus
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Turner said the need has been critical since the start of the pandemic, even with the government aid in the first few years.
“While all of those interventions that were in place, we actually saw a decrease in the number of people coming out to the food bank,” she said. “When those ended, inflation also hit. So since then, it’s just been a huge demand in our community.”
The Wilmington food pantry Gracia visited this week has been sponsored over the past six years by state Rep. Kim Williams, D-Stanton, and state Sens. Jack Walsh, D-Pike Creek, and Spiros Mantzavinos, D-Elsmere.
“It’s just a resource we want to provide to those who may need a little more extra help during the holiday season,” Williams said. “We’re happy to do this.”
Turner said while it’s the holiday season, it’s also important to remember many Delawareans are food insecure year-round. A 2022 study from Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks and pantries, shows more than 120,100 Delawareans are facing hunger, 37,680 of them are children. That means 1 in 8 people and 1 in 6 children in the First State are food insecure.
“Come January, our donations are going to drop significantly,” Turner said. “So we encourage people to keep our neighbors in mind during those cold winter months when oftentimes low-income people are choosing between heating their home or buying groceries.”
Delaware communities prepare for legal weed in 2025
Delaware municipalities prepare for the recreation marijuana industry, which is set to open legal retail shops in April 2025.
Newark remains on track to be a competitive city for recreational marijuana in Delaware.
Two marijuana-related ordinances were approved at the Nov. 25 City Council meeting. The Council updated the city code regarding adult recreational use to match state law, as well as approved a special use permit for the eventual operation of a recreational dispensary in the city.
A special use permit allowing Fresh Delaware to operate in the city as a recreational marijuana business with cultivation, manufacturing and retail was approved with a unanimous vote.
“I think that Newark City Council can take a lot of pride in the fact that there are other towns and counties that are literally lost in the wilderness on this because they didn’t get things done in time,” Mayor Jerry Clifton said.
Fresh Delaware moves to open retail dispensary
Fresh Delaware and the area surrounding it was re-zoned to allow recreational marijuana cultivation, manufacturing and retail in August, but it required a special use permit from the city. Now, Fresh Delaware only has the state’s conversion process left to complete before it can shift from medical-only sales.
City council members uniformly had positive reviews for the representative of Fresh Delaware present at the meeting.
“You were a good neighbor,” Councilmember Corinth Ford said.
Fresh Delaware cultivates and manufactures its own product, and has an additional location in Seaford. It is one of the 13 medical dispensaries in the state. There is another area in Newark zoned to allow recreational marijuana business toward the Maryland border.
Fresh Delaware is on track to open for recreational sales in the spring, according to the state Office of the Marijuana Commissioner. Spring is the statewide goal for retail openings, though the store still has a ways to go on its conversion track.
Where other Delaware cities stand
As Newark approves a recreational business, other cities in the county are behind.
Wilmington has been back-and-forth on bans, buffers and zones while New Castle County government is discussing possible buffers for retail locations in December. Other cities in Delaware, including Rehoboth, Lewes and Bethany, banned retail altogether.
Wilmington recently asked the state to change the law to get a cut of any sales tax, but Mayor Jerry Clifton said he wants to take a wait-and-see approach on how the state government responds to its request.
Newark mirrors state code in recreational usage
The council updated the city code around recreational usage, updating its code to match the state. The city code now reads that people 21 and older can privately use a personal quantity of 12 grams or less of concentrated cannabis, or cannabis products containing 750 milligrams or less of delta-9 THC.
Public use is still a criminal misdemeanor, however, and using while under 21 years old is a civil violation. Smoking marijuana in public also violates state law. City solicitor Paul Bilodeau said private consumption can include someone’s backyard.
Some council members had ideas about how to regulate potential parties where the smell could spread from multiple smokers, but no official action was taken on those ideas.
The ordinance was approved unanimously by City Council.
“We are in a strange world where it is legal to consume marijuana in private, but it is illegal to buy it,” Bilodeau said.
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