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Grants to Replace or Retrofit School Buses

The Texas Clean School Bus (TCSB) program is designed to reduce school children’s exposure to diesel exhaust from school buses.

Now Accepting Applications

We are accepting applications for grants through October 14, 2024.

This is a first come, first-served program based on criteria outlined in the Request for Grant Applications.

Application Status Report

How to Apply

Step 1 Determine if you are eligible

Eligible Applicants

  • All public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in Texas.
  • Private schools do not qualify for funding.

Eligible Projects

  • Replacing pre-2007, diesel-fueled school buses with buses that are the current or previous model year at the time you apply. If a bus is used under a lease or lease-purchase agreement, it only qualifies as a retrofit project.
  • Purchasing and installing a retrofit system on an eligible school bus.

Vehicles eligible for replacement or retrofit must:

  • be powered by a diesel engine;
  • currently operate on a regular, daily route to and from a school during the regular school year—and for the two years immediately preceding the signature date on the application;
  • be in good operating condition, and, for retrofit projects, have at least five years of remaining useful life; and
  • have been owned, leased (retrofit only), or commercially financed, registered, and operated by the applicant in Texas for at least the two years immediately preceding the signature date on the application.

Eligible Areas: Texas

Review documents to ensure eligibility:

Step 3 Submit your application

Secure Site

Submit securely by uploading the file to our FTPS site and selecting the share file(s) button. Enter "TCSB-Apply@tceq.texas.gov" as the email address. Please note: applications uploaded without completing the share file(s) step will not be considered as submitted.

Email

Submit to TCSB-Apply@tceq.texas.gov. Only one application per email at a maximum file size of 25MB. Please note: submitting your application by standard email is not secure. To send your application securely, see "Secure Site" above.

Regular Mail

TCEQ
Air Grants Division, MC-204 (TCSB)
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087

Express Mail

TCEQ
Air Grants Division, MC-204 (TCSB)
12100 Park 35 Circle
Building F, 1st Floor, Suite 1301
Austin, TX 78753

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