Fort Bend ISD board grapples with $136.2. million overrun on bond program

At its next regularly scheduled meeting on February 26, the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees is expected again to take up a matter that has been brewing over the previous month or so – a projected $136.2 million cost overrun on projects in the $1.26 billion bond program, the largest in the district’s history, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters in May 2023.