What is the required amount of spending for the School Safety Allotment?
Short answer
You must spend 100% of your School Safety Allotment on safety and security (Texas Education Code § 48.160(b)).
Your required dollar amount is not a flat statewide number. It is 100% of the School Safety Allotment amount shown on your district's Summary of Finances (SOF). TEA pointed districts to line 35 of the 2024-25 SOF; line numbers shift from year to year, so look for the "School Safety Allotment" line (TEA To the Administrator Addressed letter: FY25 School Safety Allotment Data Collection, Dec 11, 2025) (HB 2 Implementation: FSP Funding Formula Changes and Preliminary SY 2025-2026 SOF Reports, p.9).
The detail
How that amount is calculated under Texas Education Code § 48.160:
- $20 per student in ADA, plus $1 per ADA for every $50 by which your maximum Basic Allotment exceeds $6,160, calculated as $21.10 per ADA for 2025-26 (HB 2 Implementation: FSP Funding Formula Changes and Preliminary SY 2025-2026 SOF Reports, p.11) (TASBO Texas School Finance Basics (September 2025), p.12)
- Plus $33,540 per eligible campus (HB 2 Implementation: FSP Funding Formula Changes and Preliminary SY 2025-2026 SOF Reports, p.11)
Campuses that provide only virtual instruction, or use only facilities not under district control, are excluded from the campus count (Texas Education Code § 48.160(a-1)).
Two common points of confusion:
- It is an allotment (a funding line), NOT a grant. Do not look for it in eGrants (HB 2 Implementation: FSP Funding Formula Changes and Preliminary SY 2025-2026 SOF Reports, p.11).
- The statute was renumbered from § 48.115 to § 48.160 by HB 2, effective 9/1/2025. Older TEA pages still show § 48.115. Always cite § 48.160 (HB 2 Implementation: FSP Funding Formula Changes and Preliminary SY 2025-2026 SOF Reports, p.11).
Where this comes from
- Texas Education Code 48.160(a), (a-1) and (b), current text, effective 9/1/2025. Open the statute
- TEA, HB 2 Implementation: FSP Funding Formula Changes and Preliminary SY 2025-2026 SOF Reports: page 9 (SOF line numbers), page 11 (School Safety Allotment amounts and the renumbering). Open the letter
- TEA To the Administrator Addressed letter, FY25 School Safety Allotment Data Collection (December 11, 2025), for line 35 on the 2024-25 SOF. Open the letter
- TASBO, Texas School Finance Basics (September 2025), page 12, funding table, School Safety row. Open the PDF
Current as of: Texas Education Code 48.160 as amended by HB 2 (effective 9/1/2025); TEA HB 2 Implementation letter on SY 2025-2026 SOF reports. Checked 20 October 2026.
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