Monitoring the Session

HB 2764

Guillen’s bill ordering a school finance money trace

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Ryan GuillenRHouse 31

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

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relating to reporting by the Texas Education Agency and the comptroller on school finance.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

TEA and the comptroller trace every fiscal year since 1994. Due December 31, 2025.

The bill orders the Texas Education Agency and the comptroller to jointly send lawmakers a one-time report, due by December 31, 2025, tracing school finance money for every state fiscal year since September 1, 1994. The report must show where the money came from, including recapture money taken from school districts, what it was spent on, what was moved to other purposes, and what the agency kept unspent. The bill also requires that all reports on the Foundation School Program and other education funding label recapture money as "local recapture funding," kept separate from "state funding."

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 12, 2025 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2764 · 2025-02-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Ryan GuillenRHouse 31 Rep. Terri Leo WilsonRHouse 23

ITEM

relating to reporting by the Texas Education Agency and the comptroller on school finance.

WHAT IT DOES

TEA and the comptroller trace every fiscal year since 1994. Due December 31, 2025.

The bill orders the Texas Education Agency and the comptroller to jointly send lawmakers a one-time report, due by December 31, 2025, tracing school finance money for every state fiscal year since September 1, 1994. The report must show where the money came from, including recapture money taken from school districts, what it was spent on, what was moved to other purposes, and what the agency kept unspent. The bill also requires that all reports on the Foundation School Program and other education funding label recapture money as "local recapture funding," kept separate from "state funding."

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

Ryan Guillen

Donors

Frontera Texas PAC$160KTexas Sands PAC$121KAssociated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund$23K

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.

Frontera Texas PAC$160,007.97

Frontera Texas PAC

$160,007.97

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$160,007.97
Total
$160,007.97
Other filed descriptions $73,500.00mail $40,000.00mailing $19,429.94texting $18,144.37digital $8,211.55printing $722.11

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 30, 2025 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.

Report IDs: 101033369, 101062168, 101070155, 101073001.

Texas Sands PAC$120,875.00

Texas Sands PAC

$120,875.00

Cash
$113,500.00
Paid by others
$7,375.00
Total
$120,875.00
polling $7,375.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 25, 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: 100989191, 101033369, 101062168, 101073001.

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund$22,795.90

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund

$22,795.90

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$22,795.90
Total
$22,795.90
polling $15,000.00Other filed descriptions $7,352.14texting $443.76

Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.

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

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 15, 2025 to Sep 10, 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: 101033369, 101070155.

Money

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

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Frontera Texas PAC

$160,007.97

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$160,007.97
Total
$160,007.97
Other filed descriptions $73,500.00mail $40,000.00mailing $19,429.94texting $18,144.37digital $8,211.55printing $722.11

Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 30, 2025 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.

Report IDs: 101033369, 101062168, 101070155, 101073001.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$120,875.00

Cash
$113,500.00
Paid by others
$7,375.00
Total
$120,875.00
polling $7,375.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 14, 2024 to Sep 25, 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: 100989191, 101033369, 101062168, 101073001.

×

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund

$22,795.90

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$22,795.90
Total
$22,795.90
polling $15,000.00Other filed descriptions $7,352.14texting $443.76

Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.

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

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 15, 2025 to Sep 10, 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: 101033369, 101070155.

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.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 12, 2025

03/19/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 19 2025 12:35PM

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

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance

COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 349 words

By: Guillen
H.B. No. 2764

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reporting by the Texas Education Agency and the

comptroller on school finance.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 48.011 to read as follows:

Sec. 48.011. SCHOOL FINANCE REPORT. (a) Not later than

December 31, 2025, the agency and the comptroller shall jointly

prepare and submit to the legislature a report on school finance

since the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 1994.

(b) The report must include for each state fiscal year

covered by the report:

(1) the amount appropriated for school finance for

that fiscal year from each source of funding, including

differentiating:

(A) the amount collected from school districts

under Chapter 49 or former Chapter 41;

(B) amounts disbursed from the Foundation

Schools Program; and

(C) and amounts disbursed from the state general

fund;

(2) the items for which the money was spent,

including:

(A) administrative costs, both in total and

disaggregated by type of cost; and

(B) distribution to school districts and

open-enrollment charter schools;

(3) the amount, if any, transferred to or used for

another purpose, including each purpose for which the money was

transferred or used; and

(4) the amount, if any, not spent for that fiscal year

and retained by the agency.

(c) This section expires September 1, 2026.

SECTION 2. Section 48.273, Subchapter F, Chapter 48,

Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as

follows:

(h) All reporting pertaining to the Foundation School

Program and any other education funding shall, regardless of use,

reflect all funds collected under Chapter 49 or former Chapter 41 as

"local recapture funding" and be differentiated from "state

funding" in all reports.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.