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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1889 replaces average daily attendance with average enrollment for public school funding
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Public EducationSponsor: Aicha Davis
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 1889 replaces references to (ADA) with throughout the Education Code and Government Code for the purpose of the public school finance system, effective September 1, 2025.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
School districts
School districts must calculate state funding, allotments, and compliance ratios using average enrollment instead of average daily attendance.
Open-enrollment charter schools
Open-enrollment charter schools receive funding based on weighted average enrollment but are explicitly excluded from certain enrollment-decline funding adjustments.
Public school students
Student counts used for district funding allocations, class size limits, and program thresholds are determined by average enrollment.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Public Education
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 16, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Transition from Attendance to Enrollment-Based Funding
The bill replaces attendance-based metrics with enrollment metrics across dozens of Education Code sections, marking a systemic change in Texas school finance accounting.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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