Houston ISD schools under Mike Miles’ reform model would receive $3,500 more per student under proposed budget

Houston ISD

Under Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles' proposed budget for the 2025-26 school year, campuses under his instructional reform program would receive around $3,500 more per student compared to other schools.

Miles said during a budget workshop meeting last week that schools in his New Education System (NES) — 130 of the district's lowest-performing campuses — would receive $10,635 per student, while other campuses would receive $7,103. He attributed the difference to additional learning coaches and special education costs at the NES schools.

As part of the $2.1 billion budget for the 2024-25 school year, which HISD’s board of managers narrowly approved last June , NES schools received about $2,500 more per student than the other schools.

The district is predicting that