The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released correspondence pertaining to school systems’ ability to be reimbursed for college preparation and career readiness exams. Effective with the 2025–2026 school year, HB 2 and HB 120 expand reimbursement eligibility to allow school systems to receive one reimbursement per student for a single college preparation or career readiness assessment. This allows districts to receive reimbursement for the cost of either the SAT, ACT, TSIA, or a career readiness assessment once it has been adopted and approved by TEA.
Under prior law, school systems were permitted to receive one reimbursement per student for one college preparation assessment (SAT, ACT, or TSIA). The To the Administrator Addressed (TAA) correspondence dated July 10, 2025 and titled “House Bill 2 (HB 2) Implementation: Foundation School Program (FSP) Funding Formula Changes and Preliminary School Year 2025–2026 Summary of Finances (SOF) Reports,” incorrectly stated that under new law, school systems will be able to receive a reimbursement one time if they pay for students to take either the SAT or the ACT, and separately, they will be reimbursed one time for the cost for students to take the TSIA.
The 2025-2026 College Preparation and Career Readiness Assessment Reimbursement will be available to report in TEA Login (TEAL) in fall 2026.
More information can be found on TEA’s website. The full correspondence can be found here.
