On the first day of the 2018-19 school year for the Commerce ISD, Superintendent Charlie Alderman says the CISD and the Boles ISD have partnered to receive a "21st Century Grant" from the state of Texas and the federal Department of Education. It will provide $850,000 per year to Commerce, or $3.4 million over four years, to provide after-school and summer programs. Activities in the new program will begin September 4.