Idling Proclamation

[Your City, County or State]

[Seal]

[Your Governmental Office]

[County Executive's, Mayor's Governor's]

Proclamation in Support of Clean School Buses In [County, City or State]

WHEREAS,	School buses provide over 24 million children with safe transportation to and from school each day and travel 4 billion miles each year;
WHEREAS,	There are approximately 450,000 school buses on the road nationwide, and 390,000 of those buses are diesel;
WHEREAS,	Diesel school buses, especially older ones that lack emissions control devices, emit particulate matter and other pollutants in diesel exhaust that can pose health hazards to children;
WHEREAS,	These pollutants, when inhaled, may aggravate asthma and allergies or cause other serious health problems for children;
AND WHEREAS,	Reduction of school bus idling time can reduce harmful diesel emissions, and save fuel and funds for local school districts;
AND WHEREAS,	[Location] has undertaken a diesel idling reduction project in order to reduce diesel emissions and improve air quality;

NOW THEREFORE, I, [Name], [title] of [location] do hereby proclaim:

[Date]

As a Day for

SCHOOL BUS IDLING REDUCTION AWARENESS