The 2026‒27 Biennium instructional materials and technology allotment amounts for each school system are available at Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) and are expected to be populated in EMAT, the state’s online ordering system, by mid-July 2025.
For the 2026-27 biennium the allotment is:
- Per Student Instructional Materials Allotment Amount: $174.69
- Per Student Emergent Bilingual Instructional Materials Amount:$14.87
The total appropriation amount for each school system was calculated by multiplying the per-student amounts above by a school system’s Texas Student Data System (TSDS) student enrollment data from the fall snapshot collection from the 2024–25 school year.
Although the amounts will appear soon in EMAT, the actual funds will not be available until after September 1, 2025. Until that time, school systems may use unexpended funds (carry-over funds) for allotment expenditures, including newly approved instructional materials, continuing contracts, technological equipment, and technology services.
Each district and open-enrollment charter school is entitled to an instructional materials allotment amount determined by the TEA commissioner and based on legislative appropriation for each biennium.
IMTA funds may be used to purchase instructional materials, technological equipment, certain related software, systems, and services, and salaries for specific technical support employees, as described in Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 31 relating to instructional materials and 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §67.1001.
For an in-depth review of instructional materials funding, watch the Instructional Materials Funding Webinar (YouTube) or review the Instructional Materials Funding webinar slides (PDF).
The full press release can be found here.
