González Bill Extends Special Ed Funding Floor Another School Year

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90R1884 ANG-F

By: González of El Paso
H.B. No. 361

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to funding for special education under the Foundation

School Program for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years.

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

SECTION 1. Section 48.102(a-1), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2026-2027 and

2027-2028 school years [ year ], the amount of an allotment under

this section shall be determined in accordance with Section

48.1022. This subsection expires September 1, 2028 [ 2027 ].

SECTION 2. Section 48.1021(a-1), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2026-2027 and

2027-2028 school years [ year ], the amount of an allotment under

this section shall be determined in accordance with Section

48.1022. This subsection expires September 1, 2028 [ 2027 ].

SECTION 3. Sections 48.1022(a), (b), and (e), Education

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) For the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years [ year ], the

commissioner shall [ may ] adjust weights or amounts provided under

Section 48.102 or 48.1021 as necessary to ensure compliance with

requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support

under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18) and maintenance of local

financial support and effort under applicable federal law.

(b) For the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years [ year ], the

commissioner shall determine the formulas through which school

districts receive funding under Sections 48.102 and 48.1021. In

determining the formulas, the commissioner shall ensure :

(1) the estimated statewide amount provided by the sum

of the allotments under Sections 48.102 and 48.1021 for the

2026-2027 school year is approximately $250 million greater than

the amount that would have been provided under the allotment under

Section 48.102, as that section existed on September 1, 2025, for

that school year, calculating both amounts using the basic

allotment in effect for the 2026-2027 school year ; and

(2) the amount provided to a school district under

Sections 48.102 and 48.1021 for the 2027-2028 school year is not

less than the amount provided to the district under those sections

for the 2026-2027 school year .

(e) This section expires September 1, 2029 [ 2028 ].

SECTION 4. 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, 2027.