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TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LIKE BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES, ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE IMPACT OF HISTORIC INFLATION SINCE 2020
Parents, teachers, school leaders, and business leaders are asking lawmakers to help by increasing public school funding.
The basic allotment is the primary mechanism used to fund Texas public schools. Every increase in the basic allotment triggers additional funding for key programs and state priorities.
Move the slider to see the effects of increasing the basic allotment.
Includes teachers, counselors, librarians, & nurses
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TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE COMMITTED TO IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES, BUT THE BUYING POWER OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT HAS DECREASED BY $1,340 SINCE 2020.
In 2019, the Texas Legislature passed sweeping school finance reform in HB 3 almost unanimously. Since HB 3 took effect, constant dollar funding for public school districts has decreased by $9.86 billion.
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The spike in federal aid in 2021 is due to COVID-19 relief funding.
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Amounts for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 include projected decreases to local revenue and recapture from budgeted amounts following the enactment of Senate Bill 2, Eighty-eighth Legislature, Second Called Session, 2023.
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Included in amounts shown is $3,962.7 million appropriated to the Texas Education Agency in the Eighty-eighth Legislature, General Appropriations Act, 2024–25 Biennium, Article IX, Sections 18.78 (d), (e), and (f), contingent on enactment of legislation by the Eighty-eighth Legislature.
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Constant dollars are calculated with compounded state population and inflation growth.
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Amounts for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 are estimated; amounts for fi scal years 2024 and 2025 are projected.
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The legislature has many important priorities to address this session and limited resources to address them all, so schools are committed to working collaboratively with lawmakers to make a prudent and sustainable investment in public education within the means of the state budget.
RISING STUDENT NEED
In addition to inflation, rising student needs have further increased the cost of education.
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STATEWIDE, SCHOOL DISTRICT COSTS EXCEED STATE FUNDING FOR SEVERAL IMPORTANT AREAS
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Does not include expenditures related to the HB 3 Armed Security Officer Requirement or the increase to the school safety allotment
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Excludes federal funding from both revenue and expenditures
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Business Support For Fund Schools First
