Border Dividend: Reductions In the Number of Foreign Students Requiring English-Learning Reduces the Cost of Education in Texas and Florida By Nearly $1 Billion in a Single Year

Well, between $835 million to $890 million.

A border enforcement dividend we can all share.

Declines in the number of English-learning students enrolled in Florida and Texas public schools during the 2025--26 school year were associated with an estimated $835 million to $890 million reduction in education funding across the two states, according to an American Accountability Foundation report obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.

The July 23 memorandum, issued by Thomas Jones of the American Accountability Foundation and addressed to the Republican Governors Association, attributes the enrollment changes to the Trump administration's immigration-enforcement policies following several years of increases under former President Joe Biden.

"In Florida the news is good; in Texas, where the drop far outpaced the overall enrollment trend, the news is great," the report states.

Florida classifies students actively receiving English-language-learner instruction under the designation "LY." That population increased from 277,473 during the 2021--22 school year to 368,068 in 2024--25, an increase of 90,595 students, or 32.7 percent.

During 2025--26, however, the number fell by 23,641 students to 344,427, representing a 6.4 percent decline and the first decrease in the period examined by AAF.

AAF said the number of students entering post-exit monitoring continued to rise, which it argued showed that students were "not dropping out mid-program" and that the decline instead reflected fewer new English learners entering Florida schools.

The Florida Education Finance Program funds English-learning students through an English for Speakers of Other Languages cost factor of 1.165, or 16.5 percent above the base amount. Using a Base Student Allocation of $5,372.60, AAF calculated average total funding of approximately $9,122.93 per student during 2025--26.

Texas saw a similar Border Enforcement Dividend.

"The data is clear -- ending Biden's open borders leads to a lower burden on education budgets," AAF concluded. "Put more simply, supporting the President's border-enforcement and deportation policies means more funding for your local schools -- nearly one billion dollars in these two states alone, in a single year."

What are you going to buy with your Border Enforcement Dividend?

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:20 PM

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