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2025 · Regular session · Senate bill
SB260
SB260 raises the school safety allotment’s base amounts from $10 to $20 per student in average daily attendance and from $15,000 to $33,540 per eligible campus.
Official caption: Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
Official report lists Senate author(s): Huffman. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
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- SB260 raises the school safety allotment’s base amounts from $10 to $20 per student in average daily attendance and from $15,000 to $33,540 per eligible campus.
- The annual formula retains an additional $1 per student in average daily attendance for each $50 by which the district’s maximum basic allotment exceeds $6,160, prorated as necessary, and allows a greater amount by appropriation.
- HB2 enacted the same $20 and $33,540 amounts and moved the provision from Education Code 48.115 to 48.160.
What does it do?
SB260 raises the school safety allotment’s base amounts from $10 to $20 per student in average daily attendance and from $15,000 to $33,540 per eligible campus. Signed June 20, 2025, it took effect September 1, 2025. Average daily attendance is the funding measure, not simply the number of students enrolled. Official history; Final law.
The annual formula retains an additional $1 per student in average daily attendance for each $50 by which the district’s maximum basic allotment exceeds $6,160, prorated as necessary, and allows a greater amount by appropriation. Existing campus exclusions remain: a campus providing only virtual instruction or using only facilities outside district control is not counted. Existing restrictions still direct the money to school safety and security, rather than unrestricted district spending.
HB2 enacted the same $20 and $33,540 amounts and moved the provision from Education Code 48.115 to 48.160. These are overlapping changes to the same allotment, not two separate payments to add together. TEA’s July 17, 2025 implementation letter explains that the basic-allotment adjustment brings the per-student component to $21.10 and that the funding adjustments are applied automatically. That implementation figure is distinct from SB260’s $20 base. HB2, Section 7.15; TEA implementation letter.
What changed along the way?
The introduced bill proposed $20 per attendance unit and $30,000 per campus. The Senate substitute raised the first amount to $28 and kept $30,000. The House substitute instead proposed $14 and $37,000, plus a new district expenditure report due each December 1. The conference agreement settled on $20 and $33,540 and omitted that new district-report provision; it did not repeal existing reporting duties. Text versions; Full conference text in the official Senate journal.
The official index lists no floor amendments. The House adopted the conference report May 29 and the Senate May 31; the enrolled operative text matches the conference text. The chamber substitutes and conference changes above—not an unadopted floor proposal—explain the differences. Amendment index; Adoption history.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
The final posted fiscal note, dated May 28, 2025 for the conference report, estimates a $482,311,783 cost to general-revenue-related funds for 2026–2027: $240,983,926 in 2026 and $241,327,857 in 2027. Its methodology says the cost includes reduced recapture payments of about $30.3 million and $39.0 million respectively; those reductions should not be added again to the stated cost. The bill itself makes no appropriation. Final fiscal note.
Earlier estimates reflected different proposals: about $411.0 million for the introduced bill, $500.1 million for the Senate substitute and $485.2 million for the House substitute. The final note expects local education agencies to receive additional safety funding. Districts gain resources for permitted safety uses, but neither this bill nor the estimate proves that funding covers every safety obligation or guarantees fewer violent incidents. Enacted funding formula; Existing permitted uses retained in HB2.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.
