According to MyRGV News, the Elon Musk Foundation has awarded $2,533,346 USD to the Brownsville Independent School District. The funds will be used to purchase teaching equipment and devices for students, including interactive panels, desktop computers, iPads, and laptops.
“This will provide our students the necessary tools to fill in the learning gaps that were felt during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said BISD Superintendent René Gutiérrez in a media release.
In late 2020, both the world’s richest man and his private grantmaking foundation relocated from California to Texas, with Tesla headquarters making the move just last month.
Back in March of last year, Musk pledged $30 million USD in donations to Cameron County, Texas, which is home to SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, as he urged people to move to the area. $20 million of that amount was earmarked for schools across Cameron County, while the remaining $10 million was for downtown revitalization in Starbase’s neighbor city, Brownsville.
The Brownsville Independent School District last year received another $2,412,000 from the Musk Foundation for the expansion of several of the Career and Technical Education programs and academies in the area.
