Monitoring the Session

HB 1055

bill raising the special ed readiness bonus

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Salman BhojaniDHouse 92

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The bonus goes from $2,000 to $4,000 per graduate.

The bill raises the state school-funding bonus a district earns for each special education graduate who shows college, career, or military readiness, from $2,000 to $4,000. It touches Texas school districts and their special education graduates counted under the outcomes bonus formula. Starting September 1, 2025, districts get twice as much bonus money for each qualifying special education graduate above the minimum threshold.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4453 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 4453 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1055 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

ITEM

relating to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.

WHAT IT DOES

The bonus goes from $2,000 to $4,000 per graduate.

The bill raises the state school-funding bonus a district earns for each special education graduate who shows college, career, or military readiness, from $2,000 to $4,000. It touches Texas school districts and their special education graduates counted under the outcomes bonus formula. Starting September 1, 2025, districts get twice as much bonus money for each qualifying special education graduate above the minimum threshold.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Public Education
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Donors

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

6301 ECC LLC$36,400.00

6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,400.00
Total
$36,400.00
Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

Sam Mahrouq$25,000.00
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$21,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash
$21,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$21,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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6301 ECC LLC

$36,400.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,400.00
Total
$36,400.00
Other filed descriptions $36,400.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101005348, 101026340, 101056439, 101069774, 101071921.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$21,000.00

Cash
$21,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$21,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100978329, 101026340, 101056439, 101071921.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 4453

by Rep. Bhojani, same lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 21, 2023: Referred to Public Education

Relating to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

03/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Public Education · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance

Education--Primary & Secondary--Special

Military & Veterans

FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM

Text

The text as introduced · 163 words

89R4754 KRM-F

By: Bhojani
H.B. No. 1055

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes

bonus under the Foundation School Program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 48.110(d), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(d) For each annual graduate in a cohort described by

Subsection (b) who demonstrates college, career, or military

readiness as described by Subsection (f) in excess of the minimum

number of students determined for the applicable district cohort

under Subsection (c), a school district is entitled to an annual

outcomes bonus of:

(1) if the annual graduate is educationally

disadvantaged, $5,000;

(2) if the annual graduate is not educationally

disadvantaged, $3,000; and

(3) if the annual graduate is enrolled in a special

education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, $4,000 [ $2,000 ],

regardless of whether the annual graduate is educationally

disadvantaged.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.