BISD Will Receive $1.7 Million from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will present BISD with a check for $1.7 million to outfit 129 school buses with pollution - control equipment to reduce students' exposure to particulate matter on Monday, May 7 at 10 AM at Keller Elementary School. The grant from the TCEQ's Texas Clean School Bus Program will fund diesel particulate filters for older diesel school buses. “Brownsville ISD is pleased to be selected as a beneficiary in this program,” said Superintendent Carl A. Montoya, Ph.D. “Retrofitting a good portion of our bus fleet provides significant benefits to our children and community in the form of cleaner air. We are also grateful to our local lawmakers for promoting these initiatives.”