Benefits of Membership
Why Should Your School District Join the Texas School Coalition?
Analysis & Expertise
Public Outreach
Communications
Networking
Advocacy
The Texas School Coalition is a non-profit membership organization that advocates for adequate resources for school districts to support a stronger Texas economy through lasting, meaningful investments in public schools.
1207
Total # of ISDs and Charter schools
369
Total # of ISDs and
Total # of school
districts notified of
Chapter 49 status
Did you know?
An increase in recapture does not increase school funding, but it does reduce the state’s funding obligation.
An increase in local property taxes does not increase school funding, but it does reduce the state’s funding obligation.
The state legislature decides how much funding schools can receive.
Our Member Districts
Andrews ISD | Alamo Heights ISD | Aledo ISD | Allen ISD | Argyle ISD | Austin ISD | Barbers Hill ISD | Blackwell CISD | Boerne ISD | Borden County ISD | Brazosport ISD | Brookeland ISD | Burnet CISD | Canadian ISD | Chireno ISD | Crockett County Consolidated CSD | Culberson County-Allamoore ISD | Dallas ISD | Darrouzett ISD | Deer Park ISD | Dripping Springs ISD | Eanes ISD | Evadale ISD | Fort Stockton ISD | Franklin ISD | Frisco ISD | Glasscock Co. ISD | Glen Rose ISD | Goose Creek CISD | Grady ISD | Graford ISD | Grandview-Hopkins ISD | Grapevine-Colleyville ISD | Greenwood ISD | Gregory-Portland ISD | Highland Park ISD-Dallas | Hunt ISD | Iraan Sheffield ISD | Jayton-Girard ISD | Jourdanton ISD | Kelton ISD | Lake Dallas ISD | Lake Travis ISD | Lewisville ISD | Llano ISD | Loop ISD | Lovejoy ISD | McCamey ISD | Malakoff ISD | May ISD | McMullen County ISD | Miami ISD | Midland ISD | Northwest ISD | Palacios ISD | Palo Pinto ISD | Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD | Plains ISD | Plano ISD | Port Aransas ISD | Raskin ISD | Richardson ISD | Robert Lee ISD | Rockport-Fulton ISD | Sabine Pass ISD | Sands CISD | Schulenburg ISD | Seminole ISD | Snyder ISD | Spring Branch ISD | Sterling City ISD | Sudan ISD | Sundown ISD | Sunnyvale ISD | Tatum ISD | Throckmorton Collegiate ISD | West Orange-Cove CISD | Wink-Loving ISD | Wimberley ISD
Member Benefits
The Coalition is the leading voice in Texas for a proper balance of state and local funding for schools.
We are uniquely focused on ensuring that all schools have the resources needed to help all students excel, while also ensuring that local property-tax dollars stay in local schools and communities. We are working for meaningful, sustainable state investments in education that will be good for students and taxpayers.
The Coalition provides full-time advocacy at the Texas Capitol so state legislators hear our members’ concerns.
Our staff and consultants in Austin work closely with legislators, legislative staff, and agency officials to ensure the unique priorities and concerns of our school districts are addressed. We work to develop and support legislation that benefits our members. We also work to stop bad legislation that harms our members.
Our team has decades of experience in school finance and education policy, and we partner with the Texas Association of School Business Officials to show how legislative proposals will specifically affect Coalition member districts.
We provide an analysis of the fiscal impact of legislation upon member school districts.
During the legislative session, TASBO provides revenue projections for the school district members of Texas School Coalition.
We provide member districts critical communications resources and toolkits to support informing your community and legislators about school finance.
The Coalition staff keeps member districts informed of legislative developments in real time with regular email updates. Member districts also receive one-pagers and strategic advice on communicating the local impact of school finance issues to their local communities, including sample social media posts, guest columns and letters to elected officials.
This new benefit assists Coalition members as they estimate their school district revenue. The current version includes pre-loading of the 2023-24 Near Final Data published through 9/25/24.
The Coalition provides a network of member districts to support one another.
The districts that belong to our Coalition have similar concerns about balancing state and local education funding and the need to keep local dollars in local schools and communities. Through the Coalition, districts facing similar challenges from around the state can connect and share best practices and work together toward common goals.
Cost-saving member-exclusive benefits
In partnership with CG Strategies LLC, Texas School Coalition members receive a 10% discount for the following services to new and current customers. (Current CG Strategies LLC customers will receive a 10% discount to any current contract your school district may already have for these services, ensuring immediate benefit from this exclusive offer.)
- Truth-in-Taxation
- School District Revenue Estimation
- VATRE Efficiency Audits
- JETI Agreement Services
- Ch. 313 Agreement Calculations and Reporting
Access to the Texas Association of School Business Officials’ (TASBO) auto-populating Template for Estimating Foundation School Program Revenue. This exclusive cost-saving and time-saving benefit is normally only available to subscribers to TASBO’s Center for School Finance.
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