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LBB recommends modest increases for Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired and Texas School for the Deaf; educators request program and campus funding
Summary
LBB recommended $72.9 million for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and $84.9 million for the Texas School for the Deaf in 2026–27; agency leaders outlined requests for salary adjustments, related services funding, transportation and campus infrastructure projects not fully funded in the introduced recommendation.
Legislative Budget Board staff and agency leaders from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) and the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) presented agency‑level budgets and exceptional‑item requests to the Article III subcommittee.
Why it matters: Both schools serve small statewide special‑education populations with specialized residential and outreach services elected districts often cannot provide. Their budgets include salary parity provisions tied to Austin ISD salary schedules, federally mandated related services and sizeable capital and campus‑infrastructure requests.
TSBVI highlights - LBB recommended about $72.9 million in all funds for 2026–27, an increase of roughly $4.5 million (6.6%) from the…
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