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HARLINGEN CISD reviews curriculum renewals and monitors House Bill 2 funding projections
Summary
District staff said Eureka and Amplify curriculum licenses will be renewed for 2025–26 using TEA LASSO and IMA funding projections, and staff outlined tentative House Bill 2 allotment increases — including a $359 rise to the basic allotment and a proposed safety allotment boost per campus — noting the bill had not yet been finalized.
District leaders briefed the finance and planning committee April 30 on short‑term curriculum funding and projected state funding changes under House Bill 2.
District finance staff said the district plans to renew curriculum licenses for Eureka (literacy) and Amplify (RLA) for the 2025–26 school year and will use TEA LASSO grant funding and Instructional Materials and Allotment (IMA) dollars to help cover those renewals. Carnegie (math) will continue for secondary grades with IMA support.
On state funding, staff summarized current projections from House Bill 2 negotiations: an increase in the basic allotment of $359 (from $6,160 to $6,555 per student), with about 40 percent of that increase designated for staff salaries; an estimated $1,500,000 increase in special education funding for the district; increases projected for bilingual, career and technical education, and career, college and military readiness (CCMR) allotments (CCMR projected to rise from $2,000 to $4,000 per qualifying student); and a transportation allotment uptick. The presenters also described new projected allotments including a fine‑arts allotment, a special‑education evaluations allotment (tentatively $1,000 per evaluation) and a property‑insurance allotment for coastal counties (district projection about $400,000).
Staff emphasized these figures are projections tied to legislation that had not been signed at the time of the committee meeting. "House Bill 2 has not been signed yet... these are the projections... while this is a sort of an estimate, if House Bill 2 were to pass as is ... something will change," a district leader said. The staff presentation noted that districts are using these projections to model next year's budget and that the district plans to bring a compensation-plan discussion to a future committee meeting.
Committee members asked clarifying questions about the bill's status and curriculum renewal timelines; staff said some allotments and grant details are defined while other numbers remain subject to conference‑committee changes and final appropriation.
No legislative action was taken by the committee; staff used the projected numbers to inform budget planning for presentation to the full board in the coming month.
