High Cost Funds
High Cost Funds
The 2024-2025 High Cost Funds (HCF) application opens on March 3, 2025 and closes on May 19, 2025.
The Qualifying Cost Amount for the 2024-2025 HCF is $38,853.00.
High Cost Funds (HCF) help offset the financial impact on Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) that provide educational services to high need children with disabilities. High need children with disabilities receive educational services which exceed three times the state’s average per pupil expenditure (APPE). Only those costs associated with providing direct special education and related services to the child, and identified in the child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP), are considered when determining whether a child qualifies as a high need child.
To request HCF, an LEA must submit a High Cost Fund application through the Texas Education Agency Login (TEAL) APEX application during the HCF application window for that year.
Additional information concerning High Cost Funds can be found in the Texas High Cost Fund (HCF) State Plan.
Resources
- Revised March 2025: High Cost Fund Information and Application
- Instructions for Viewing HCF Payments
- Texas High Cost Fund State Plan
- APEX User Manual
- How to Locate Transportation Cost Per Mile Data
- TEA Special Education in Nonpublic Programs
- TEA Secure Applications Information
Contact Information
High Cost Funds Team | (512) 463-9414 | hcf@tea.texas.gov
TEA Secure Environment Applications Support | TEA Help Desk