BUTLER TWP — Butler Area School District is looking to get new buses for its contractor, Valley Lines.

At Monday’s school board meeting, the board decided to apply for up to $300,000 through the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant through the Department of Environmental Protection for Valley Lines to replace older diesel buses with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses.

Heather Bonzo, the district’s director of finance and operations, said the contractor could apply for the grant on its own, but the DEP “would like for the school on behalf of them to apply.” It is a matching funds grant, which would be paid by Valley Lines.

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