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HCISD says TEA safety grant has funded BDAs; district plans $1M radio infrastructure

5792984 · August 6, 2025
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District staff told trustees that bidirectional amplifiers (BDAs) are installed at most schools to fix law-enforcement radio dead spots and that the district is designing a districtwide radio-communication system with a budget of about $1 million to improve internal radio coverage.

The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District told the Facilities and Safety Committee it has nearly completed a TEA-funded emergency communications project that installs bidirectional amplifiers (BDAs) to reduce law-enforcement radio dead spots in school buildings and is planning a separate districtwide radio-communication network.

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