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‘Cars for Schools’ distributes about 110 retired vehicles; Automobile Club of Southern California offers transport help
Summary
BAR reported that since July 2022 the Cars for Schools program has placed about 110 retired vehicles with 51 public automotive training programs; BAR secured a transportation partnership with the Automobile Club of Southern California to move vehicles to schools on a volunteer or no‑cost basis.
The Bureau of Automotive Repair gave an update on the Cars for Schools program, which transfers retired consumer vehicles to publicly funded automotive training programs run by high schools, community colleges and regional occupational programs.
Program manager Denise Cunningham said the program began in 2020, paused for the pandemic and resumed in July 2022. Currently 51 schools have signed memoranda of understanding with BAR (17 community colleges, 30 high schools and four regional occupational…
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