Monitoring the SessionHB 172
Died in committee
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
relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Basic allotment times .008 per enrolled student.
The bill adds a new per-student funding stream to the Texas school finance formula for students in grades 6 through 12 who are enrolled in approved fine arts courses. School districts get extra money for each such student, equal to the basic allotment (plus the small-district adjustment where it applies) multiplied by .008. The Texas Education Agency must approve qualifying music, art, theater and dance courses that give at least 225 minutes of instruction a week, and it must publish the list every year.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3829 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3829 (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.
89R-HB172 · 2024-11-12
relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system.
Basic allotment times .008 per enrolled student.
The bill adds a new per-student funding stream to the Texas school finance formula for students in grades 6 through 12 who are enrolled in approved fine arts courses. School districts get extra money for each such student, equal to the basic allotment (plus the small-district adjustment where it applies) multiplied by .008. The Texas Education Agency must approve qualifying music, art, theater and dance courses that give at least 225 minutes of instruction a week, and it must publish the list every year.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Talarico, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Apr 25, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
02/27/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Education · Final status: Died in committee
SB 549 by Menéndez (similar)
Arts & Humanities
Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance
EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS
The text as introduced · 230 words
89R1632 PRL-F By: Talarico H.B. No. 172 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 48.116 to read as follows: Sec. 48.116. FINE ARTS ALLOTMENT. (a) For each student in average daily attendance enrolled in a fine arts education course approved by the agency under Subsection (b) in grades 6 through 12, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied by .008. (b) The agency shall approve fine arts education courses that qualify for the allotment provided under this section. The approved courses must include fine arts education courses that: (1) are authorized by the State Board of Education, including music, art, theater, and dance; (2) provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in the fine arts; and (3) require a student in full-time attendance to receive not less than 225 minutes of fine arts instruction per week. (c) The agency shall annually publish a list of fine arts courses approved under Subsection (b). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
