An area school district is one of five in the state to receive funding from a federal program to an electric school bus.

The Caston School Corporation was granted $395, 000 from the Clean School Bus Program which is directed to get low-emission buses to school districts across the nation.

The announcement was made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  The EPA is directing the five-year, $5 billion program.  The money is intended to buy almost 2,500 buses total, including money for bus charging stations.