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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 NEED A $1,340 INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO MAKE UP
FOR INFLATION SINCE 2020



While there has been a steady increase in total public school funding since
2016, when adjusted for inflation, buying power has decreased.

 

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.



 1. The spike in federal aid in 2021 is due to COVID-19 relief funding.

 2. 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.

 3. 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.

 4. Constant dollars are calculated with compounded state population and
    inflation growth.

 5. Amounts for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 are estimated; amounts for fi scal
    years 2024 and 2025 are projected.



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Source: Legislative Budget Board


RISING STUDENT NEED



In addition to inflation, rising student needs have further increased the cost
of education.




STATEWIDE, SCHOOL DISTRICT COSTS EXCEED STATE FUNDING FOR SEVERAL IMPORTANT
AREAS




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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