Outside front view of three school buses lined up

Missouri’s Beneficiary Mitigation Plan under the Volkswagen (VW) Trust Fund originally dedicated $12 million to this award category, with contingency options to add unused funding from other categories. School bus owners were able to use funds from this award category to replace school buses that served a Missouri school district. Districts included all public schools, charter schools and private or faith-based schools.

There have been multiple application rounds associated with this award category. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has exhausted the funding for this category. There will not be another open application period.

Awarded Projects

The department funded school bus replacement projects for both financially disadvantaged schools and all other school districts.

Success Story

Learn about one school district’s transition into electric and alternative-fueled school buses.