TCEQ opens $6.2 million school bus grant opportunity

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is accepting applications for the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Texas Clean School Bus Program, which has $6.2 million available in grant funds. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. Dec. 17, 2020 or until all the funding has been awarded.

Applicants are being accepted state-wide for school districts, charter schools, and transportation systems provided by countywide school districts to replace or retrofit school buses operating on a regular daily route to and from a school. Buses being replaced must be a pre-2007 model year and a bus proposed for purchase must be of the current or previous model year at the time the application is submitted. Applicants must own the bus for at least two years at the time of application, and the bus must currently be registered for operation in Texas.

Learn more about the grant requirements.

Grants are available on a first-come, first-served basis to reimburse up to 80 percent of the cost to replace a school bus with a newer, cleaner model, and up to 100 percent of the cost to retrofit a school bus.

Apply for a Texas Clean School Bus Program grant.

Contact the CAPCOG Air Quality for grant application help.

Learn about the CAPCOG Air Quality Program.