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Texas BEAD Plan Approved

The approved spending plan differed little from the state’s preliminary awards.

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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Texas BEAD Plan Approved
Photo of Texas Gov. Gerg Abbott (R) at the 2024 Republican National Convention by J. Scott Applewhite/AP

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2025 – The Commerce Department announced Thursday it had approved Texas's final spending plan under the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

That makes 16 states and three territories to have their final proposals approved by Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. One state, Louisiana, has had its grants cleared by BEAD’s grants manager, a separate process, and has access to its funds.

After making tentative awards under the program, Texas had planned to spend about $1.27 billion on deployment under BEAD. Its approved plan greenlights more than $1.25 billion in spending, a relatively small reduction of nearly $13.6 million.

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