2025-2026 Phone Free Schools Grant Program

The purpose of this grant is to support school systems in complying with HB 1481. The funding for this grant is intended to help school systems purchase secure storage solutions and implement the infrastructure necessary to enforce the personal communication device ban.

Grant Period

From September 22, 2025, to August 31, 2026.

Applications and Award

The following table links to scanned copies of all applications eligible for competitive review and indicates which applicant(s) are preliminarily selected to receive an award, pending successful completion of fiscal and programmatic review and negotiation.

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Eligible Applications	Prelim. Award Selection	Award Amount
A+ UNLIMITED POTENTIAL	Awarded	$5,000
ABERNATHY ISD	Awarded	$5,496
ABILENE ISD	Awarded	$91,228
ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED LEARNING INC	Awarded	$5,000
ADRIAN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
ADVANTAGE ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
AGUA DULCE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
ALDINE ISD	Awarded	$389,831
ALIEF ISD	Awarded	$265,910
ALPINE ISD	Awarded	$6,322
ALVARADO ISD	Awarded	$26,300
ALVIN ISD	Awarded	$213,011
AMBASSADORS PREPARATORY ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
ANAHUAC ISD	Awarded	$10,757
ANTHONY ISD	Awarded	$5,419
AQUILLA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
ARISTOI CLASSICAL ACADEMY	Awarded	$8,480
ARLINGTON ISD	Awarded	$370,195
ARROW ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
ASPERMONT ISD	Awarded	$5,000
AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$14,611
AUSTIN ISD	Awarded	$475,888
AUSTWELL-TIVOLI ISD	Awarded	$5,000
AVALON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
AZLE ISD	Awarded	$50,816
BAIRD ISD	Awarded	$5,000
BANQUETE ISD	Awarded	$5,484
BARBERS HILL ISD	Awarded	$51,985
BEAUMONT ISD	Awarded	$107,512
BEEVILLE ISD	Awarded	$21,580
BENAVIDES ISD	Awarded	$5,000
BETTY M CONDRA SCHOOL FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION	Awarded	$5,000
BLANCO ISD	Awarded	$8,161
BLOOMBURG ISD	Awarded	$5,000
BLOOMING GROVE ISD	Awarded	$6,535
BLUFF DALE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
BOB HOPE SCHOOL	Awarded	$13,880
BOERNE ISD	Awarded	$79,249
BOLING ISD	Awarded	$7,663
BONHAM ISD	Awarded	$13,346
BORGER ISD	Awarded	$15,648
BOYD ISD	Awarded	$9,641
BRACKETT ISD	Awarded	$5,000
BRAZOS RIVER CHARTER SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
BREMOND ISD	Awarded	$5,000
BROCK ISD	Awarded	$14,637
BROOKESMITH ISD	Awarded	$5,000
BROWNFIELD ISD	Awarded	$11,020
BROWNSVILLE ISD	Awarded	$252,149
BROWNWOOD ISD	Awarded	$21,821
BUENA VISTA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
BUFFALO ISD	Awarded	$6,813
BURNET CISD	Awarded	$22,207
BURNHAM WOOD CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT	Awarded	$13,775
BURTON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
CALALLEN ISD	Awarded	$26,075
CAMPBELL ISD	Awarded	$5,000
CARRIZO SPRINGS CISD	Awarded	$12,895
CARROLL ISD	Awarded	$60,995
CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD	Awarded	$159,903
CARTHAGE ISD	Awarded	$17,906
CASTLEBERRY ISD	Awarded	$25,866
CENTER ISD	Awarded	$15,759
CENTERVILLE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
CHANNELVIEW ISD	Awarded	$66,706
CLEAR CREEK ISD	Awarded	$290,315
CLEBURNE ISD	Awarded	$44,238
CLEVELAND ISD	Awarded	$85,501
CLIFTON ISD	Awarded	$7,106
CLINT ISD	Awarded	$72,258
COLORADO ISD	Awarded	$5,714
COMAL ISD	Awarded	$213,366
COMFORT ISD	Awarded	$8,050
COMMERCE ISD	Awarded	$10,454
COMPASS ROSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$18,441
COMSTOCK ISD	Awarded	$5,000
CONNALLY ISD	Awarded	$14,617
CONROE ISD	Awarded	$507,781
COPPELL ISD	Awarded	$98,214
COTTON CENTER ISD	Awarded	$5,000
COTULLA ISD	Awarded	$8,067
CRANDALL ISD	Awarded	$46,028
CROCKETT ISD	Awarded	$8,306
CROSBY ISD	Awarded	$48,915
CROSS ROADS ISD	Awarded	$5,000
CROSSTIMBERS ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
CROWLEY ISD	Awarded	$118,322
CULBERSON COUNTY-ALLAMOORE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
CUMBERLAND ACADEMY	Awarded	$12,121
CUSHING ISD	Awarded	$5,000
DALLAS ISD	Awarded	$904,260
DAWSON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
DEL VALLE ISD	Awarded	$83,799
DESOTO ISD	Awarded	$42,379
DILLEY ISD	Awarded	$5,831
DONNA ISD	Awarded	$88,061
DORAL ACADEMY OF TEXAS	Awarded	$5,000
DRISCOLL ISD	Awarded	$5,000
DUNCANVILLE ISD	Awarded	$92,838
EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD	Awarded	$171,626
EAST BERNARD ISD	Awarded	$7,011
EAST FORT WORTH MONTESSORI ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD	Awarded	$29,877
EDGEWOOD ISD	Awarded	$51,627
EDINBURG CISD	Awarded	$222,568
EL CAMPO ISD	Awarded	$22,493
EL PASO ISD	Awarded	$354,668
EL PASO LEADERSHIP ACADEMY	Awarded	$8,996
ELECTRA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
ELKHART ISD	Awarded	$7,415
ETOILE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
EVERMAN ISD	Awarded	$35,634
EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
FAITH FAMILY ACADEMY	Awarded	$18,354
FLORENCE ISD	Awarded	$8,112
FLORESVILLE ISD	Awarded	$28,491
FORESTBURG ISD	Awarded	$5,000
FORSAN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
FORT BEND ISD	Awarded	$588,908
FORT STOCKTON ISD	Awarded	$128,975
FORT WORTH ISD	Awarded	$486,655
FREER ISD	Awarded	$5,000
FRENSHIP ISD	Awarded	$78,940
FT DAVIS ISD	Awarded	$5,000
GALENA PARK ISD	Awarded	$149,723
GANADO ISD	Awarded	$5,078
GATESVILLE ISD	Awarded	$17,897
GEORGE GERVIN ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
GEORGE WEST ISD	Awarded	$6,641
GHOLSON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
GILMER ISD	Awarded	$20,105
GLADEWATER ISD	Awarded	$11,122
GOODRICH ISD	Awarded	$5,000
GRAFORD ISD	Awarded	$5,000
GRANBURY ISD	Awarded	$52,417
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD	Awarded	$185,215
GRANDVIEW ISD	Awarded	$9,524
GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD	Awarded	$103,582
GREENVILLE ISD	Awarded	$36,514
GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD	Awarded	$34,352
GROVETON ISD	Awarded	$5,423
HALE CENTER ISD	Awarded	$5,000
HAMILTON ISD	Awarded	$5,691
HAMLIN COLLEGIATE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
HARLETON ISD	Awarded	$5,015
HARLINGEN CISD	Awarded	$115,665
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS	Awarded	$25,276
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH	Awarded	$36,580
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH	Awarded	$29,327
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST	Awarded	$43,071
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS	Awarded	$68,277
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS	Awarded	$31,116
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - WEST TEXAS	Awarded	$29,159
HARROLD ISD	Awarded	$5,000
HART ISD	Awarded	$5,000
HARTS BLUFF ISD	Awarded	$5,484
HAYS CISD	Awarded	$168,272
HEARNE ISD	Awarded	$5,101
HONEY GROVE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
HOUSTON HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
HOUSTON ISD	Awarded	$1,134,026
HUMBLE ISD	Awarded	$353,876
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$459,420
INGLESIDE ISD	Awarded	$14,227
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)	Awarded	$132,481
IOLA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
IRA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
IRAAN-SHEFFIELD COLLEGIATE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
IRION COUNTY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
IRVING ISD	Awarded	$204,370
ITALY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
JACKSBORO ISD	Awarded	$7,395
JARRELL ISD	Awarded	$26,005
JIM HOGG COUNTY ISD	Awarded	$6,819
JUBILEE ACADEMIES	Awarded	$24,063
JUNCTION ISD	Awarded	$5,000
KARNES CITY ISD	Awarded	$6,706
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
KAUFMAN ISD	Awarded	$29,596
KEENE ISD	Awarded	$8,232
KERENS ISD	Awarded	$5,000
KERMIT ISD	Awarded	$9,123
KI CHARTER	Awarded	$5,000
KILLEEN ISD	Awarded	$268,944
KINGSVILLE ISD	Awarded	$19,318
KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$192,880
KLEIN ISD	Awarded	$390,990
LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
LA FERIA ISD	Awarded	$19,835
LA JOYA ISD	Awarded	$159,649
LA VEGA ISD	Awarded	$20,112
LA VILLA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
LAKE DALLAS ISD	Awarded	$28,043
LANCASTER ISD	Awarded	$48,739
LAPOYNOR ISD	Awarded	$5,000
LAREDO ISD	Awarded	$132,901
LASARA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
LEANDER ISD	Awarded	$308,057
LEFORS ISD	Awarded	$5,000
LEGACY TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS - TEXAS	Awarded	$5,398
LIBERTY ISD	Awarded	$17,157
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$5,000
LINDSAY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
LIPAN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
LOCKHART ISD	Awarded	$46,468
LOCKNEY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
LONE OAK ISD	Awarded	$7,978
LONGVIEW ISD	Awarded	$55,763
LORENA ISD	Awarded	$13,139
LOUISE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
LOVEJOY ISD	Awarded	$33,742
LYFORD CISD	Awarded	$9,740
MAGNOLIA ISD	Awarded	$105,153
MANARA ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
MANOR ISD	Awarded	$70,514
MARBLE FALLS ISD	Awarded	$26,562
MARSHALL ISD	Awarded	$34,071
MARTINSVILLE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MATAGORDA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MCALLEN ISD	Awarded	$143,424
MCLEAN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MEDINA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MEDINA VALLEY ISD	Awarded	$61,730
MELISSA ISD	Awarded	$47,650
MEMPHIS ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MERCEDES ISD	Awarded	$29,789
MERIDIAN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MEXIA ISD	Awarded	$12,407
MIDLAND ISD	Awarded	$189,268
MIDLOTHIAN ISD	Awarded	$83,220
MIDWAY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MISSION CISD	Awarded	$94,542
MONAHANS-WICKETT-PYOTE ISD	Awarded	$14,545
MONTE ALTO ISD	Awarded	$5,746
MOODY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MORAN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MORGAN MILL ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MOULTON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MULLIN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
MURCHISON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
NEDERLAND ISD	Awarded	$35,005
NEW BRAUNFELS ISD	Awarded	$66,626
NEW CANEY ISD	Awarded	$134,779
NEW SUMMERFIELD ISD	Awarded	$5,000
NEW WAVERLY ISD	Awarded	$7,489
NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON	Awarded	$13,327
NEWTON ISD	Awarded	$6,469
NORTHSIDE ISD (015915)	Awarded	$717,993
NORTHSIDE ISD (244905)	Awarded	$5,000
NURSERY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
NYOS CHARTER SCHOOL	Awarded	$9,571
OAKWOOD ISD	Awarded	$5,000
OLFEN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
OLNEY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
OLTON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
ORE CITY ISD	Awarded	$5,229
OVERTON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
PADUCAH ISD	Awarded	$5,000
PARADISE ISD	Awarded	$8,869
PAWNEE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
PEARLAND ISD	Awarded	$157,687
PEARSALL ISD	Awarded	$13,060
PERRIN-WHITT CISD	Awarded	$5,000
PETTUS ISD	Awarded	$5,000
PFLUGERVILLE ISD	Awarded	$177,188
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD	Awarded	$197,275
PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY	Awarded	$14,906
PITTSBURG ISD	Awarded	$15,246
POINT ISABEL ISD	Awarded	$12,913
PORT ARTHUR ISD	Awarded	$49,079
POSITIVE SOLUTIONS CHARTER SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
POTEET ISD	Awarded	$11,410
PRELUDE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS	Awarded	$130,226
PREMONT ISD	Awarded	$5,118
PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS	Awarded	$5,000
PROGRESO ISD	Awarded	$9,545
PROMESA ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,619
RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESS	Awarded	$9,533
RAYMONDVILLE ISD	Awarded	$12,805
RED OAK ISD	Awarded	$49,986
RICARDO ISD	Awarded	$5,000
RICHARDSON ISD	Awarded	$239,162
RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD	Awarded	$62,756
RIO VISTA ISD	Awarded	$6,872
RIVER ROAD ISD	Awarded	$8,904
RIVIERA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
ROBSTOWN ISD	Awarded	$17,011
ROCKDALE ISD	Awarded	$10,348
ROGERS ISD	Awarded	$6,250
ROSEBUD-LOTT ISD	Awarded	$5,525
ROYAL ISD	Awarded	$21,164
ROYAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$5,000
SABINAL ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SAN AUGUSTINE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SAN BENITO CISD	Awarded	$61,269
SAN DIEGO ISD	Awarded	$10,081
SAN MARCOS CISD	Awarded	$55,153
SAN PERLITA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SANTA MARIA ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SAVOY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SCHULENBURG ISD	Awarded	$5,619
SEALY ISD	Awarded	$22,094
SHARYLAND ISD	Awarded	$75,925
SHELDON ISD	Awarded	$82,247
SHEPHERD ISD	Awarded	$13,839
SLATON ISD	Awarded	$8,267
SLIDELL ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SOMERSET ACADEMIES OF TEXAS	Awarded	$16,553
SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD	Awarded	$49,943
SOUTHWEST ISD	Awarded	$104,694
SOUTHWEST PREPARATORY SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,134
SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$12,070
SPEARMAN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SPRING ISD	Awarded	$216,196
SPUR ISD	Awarded	$5,000
STRAWN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SUNDOWN ISD	Awarded	$5,000
SUNNYVALE ISD	Awarded	$16,689
SWEET HOME ISD	Awarded	$5,000
TAFT ISD	Awarded	$5,664
TARKINGTON ISD	Awarded	$12,596
TAYLOR ISD	Awarded	$21,162
TEAGUE ISD	Awarded	$8,786
TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES STEM SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
TEMPLE ISD	Awarded	$55,597
TERRELL ISD	Awarded	$34,540
TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES	Awarded	$57,247
TEXAS CITY ISD	Awarded	$55,092
TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES	Awarded	$87,594
TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
TEXAS LEADERSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$26,695
THE PRO-VISION ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
THE RHODES SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS	Awarded	$5,000
THORNDALE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
THREE RIVERS ISD	Awarded	$5,000
THREE WAY ISD	Awarded	$5,000
TOLAR ISD	Awarded	$6,183
TORNILLO ISD	Awarded	$5,349
TREETOPS SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL	Awarded	$5,000
TRENTON ISD	Awarded	$5,000
TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-CENTRAL TEXAS	Awarded	$5,453
TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LUBBOCK	Awarded	$5,000
TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-RIO GRANDE VALLEY	Awarded	$7,683
TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-WEST TEXAS	Awarded	$5,271
TROY ISD	Awarded	$11,679
TURKEY-QUITAQUE ISD	Awarded	$5,000
TWO DIMENSIONS PREPARATORY ACADEMY	Awarded	$5,000
UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY	Awarded	$10,728
UNION GROVE ISD	Awarded	$5,253
UNITED ISD	Awarded	$293,633
UNIVERSAL ACADEMY	Awarded	$6,789
UPLIFT EDUCATION	Awarded	$136,838
VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Awarded	$5,000
VANGUARD ACADEMY	Awarded	$31,171
VILLAGE TECH SCHOOLS	Awarded	$8,331
VISTA DEL FUTURO CHARTER SCHOOL	Awarded	$5,000
VYSEHRAD ISD	Awarded	$5,000
WACO ISD	Awarded	$85,185
WAELDER ISD	Awarded	$5,000
WAYSIDE SCHOOLS	Awarded	$7,110
WEATHERFORD ISD	Awarded	$56,234
WESLACO ISD	Awarded	$109,216
WEST ISD	Awarded	$8,632
WEST OSO ISD	Awarded	$11,494
WHARTON ISD	Awarded	$12,275
WHITNEY ISD	Awarded	$9,838
WICHITA FALLS ISD	Awarded	$80,828
WILDORADO ISD	Awarded	$5,000
WILLIS ISD	Awarded	$63,909
WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS	Awarded	$17,982
WOLFE CITY ISD	Awarded	$5,084
WYLIE ISD	Awarded	$136,629
YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC	Awarded	$165,942
YSLETA ISD	Awarded	$251,343
ZEPHYR ISD	Awarded	$5,000

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2025-2026 Phone Free Schools Grant Program

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