Recent Grants

Eligibility Details

• Leadership & Instructional Foundations for Texas (LIFT)
  • Eligible applicants are Texas public school systems that commit to: 
    • Selecting and implementing a State Board of Education (SBOE)-approved high-quality instructional material (HQIM) in the 2027–28 school year, or 
    • Implementing a Bluebonnet Learning (BL) product in the 2026–27 school year. 
  • Participation in other grant programs does not disqualify applicants but may be considered during prioritization. 
• LIFT Add-On: School Improvement PLC Support (LIFT SI PLC)
  • Eligible campuses include campuses that are Title I served with a 2025 federal accountability identification, including Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI), or Additional Targeted Support (ATS). Comprehensive campuses in their second year of identification (Comprehensive Reidentified or Comprehensive Progress) are also eligible. Campuses must remain in operation during the grant cycle and remain Title I served for the 2026-27 school year. 
• School Improvement Curriculum and Instruction Support Grant (SI CISG) 
  • Eligible applicants are campuses that are Title I served with a 2025 federal accountability identification, including Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), Additional Targeted Support (ATS), or Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI). Comprehensive campuses in their second year of identification (Comprehensive Reidentified or Comprehensive Progress) are also eligible. Campuses must remain in operation during the grant cycle and maintain Title I status for the 2026–2027 school year. 
  • Campuses must be implementing instructional materials in one of the following ways: 
    • Using a State Board of Education (SBOE)-approved high-quality instructional material (HQIM) other than those in the Bluebonnet Learning suite in eligible grade levels where such materials exist, or 
    • Focusing on curriculum and instruction improvements in grade levels where an SBOE-approved HQIM list is not available. 
• Blended Learning Grant (BLG) 
  • Eligible applicants to the Blended Learning Academic cohort are those school systems who have previously participated or are currently participating in a strong Tier 1 math and/or reading curriculum planning through a TEA initiative(s). Example- LASO 2 Strong Foundations and LASO 1 Strong Foundations. 
  • Eligible applicants to the Blended Learning Strategic Operations cohort are those school systems who have previously participated in TEA Blended Learning Grants (i.e. Math Innovation Zones, Blended Learning Grant Program, or School Action Fund Redesign- Blended Learning). Applicants must have shown high usage in approved supplemental products in math and/or reading language arts for grades K-8 in spring of 2025. 
• Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (APCSP) 
  • All Texas Schools
• PREP Program Allotment
  • PREP Residency Preservice Program? 
  • PREP Grow Your Own (GYO) Program 
  • PREP Mentorship Program? 
• Texas Strategic Staffing (TSS) for Residencies Grant 
  • Have a signed EPP Verification form from each EPP partner with a State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC)-approved Texas Teacher Residency Preparation Route (TTRPR). 
  • Not be recipients of the 2025-27 Texas Strategic Staffing Grant for Sustainable, Paid Teacher Residency Program.
  • Not be recipients of the 2024-2025 Sustainable Residency Continuation Grant. 
• Additional Days School Year Planning and Execution Program (ADSY PEP) 
  • New to ADSY: 
    • The participating campus must serve students in one or more grade levels within PK–5. 
    • Participating campuses must operate on a 175-day instructional calendar or have a board-approved plan to implement such a calendar by the 2026–2027 school year. Confirmation of the 2026–2027 academic calendar will be required at the time of award. 
    • Campus must be implementing an IMRA approved product as their Tier 1 during the regular school year. 
  • Expansion to Grades 6-8 
    • The participating campus(es) must serve students in one or more grade levels within 6-8. 
    • Participating campuses must operate on a 175-day instructional calendar or have a board-approved plan to implement such a calendar by the 2026–2027 school year. Confirmation of the 2026–2027 academic calendar will be required at the time of award. 
    • Campus must be implementing an IMRA approved product as their Tier 1 during the regular school year. 
• School Action Fund (SAF)
  • Campuses that are Title I-serving schoolwide designated by September 15, 2025, and are Comprehensive Support-identified, Targeted Support-identified, or Additional Targeted Support-Identified campuses, based on school year 2024-2025 ratings. 
  • For new schools, there must be clear Title I, Part A eligibility and intent to obtain Title I-serving status for school year 2027-2028 and beyond. 
  • Campuses must be SAF grant-eligible at the time of application, and, if awarded a SAF grant, remain Title Iserving schoolwide for the entire grant period.  
  • A campus may not have received any School Action Fund (SAF) grants, including TCLAS Decision 10 and any LASO SAF grants, since 2019-2020 (Planning, Continuation, or Implementation), with the exception of Reassign grantees prior to LASO 1.  
  • If a campus qualifies for multiple Curriculum and Instruction grants, the school system will be invited to an interview to determine the best fit of grants. 
  • TEA reserves the right not to award a grant to a campus or school system that is identified by TEA as a high-risk grantee.
• Navigating Excellence through Targeted Supports (NEXT)? 
  • Campuses rated D or F on 2025 TEA Accountability and 
  • Campuses that are not federally designated as CSI, TSI, or ATS 
  • Campuses that serve grades PK or Kindergarten through 5th grade
• Early College High School (ECHS)
  • New applicants serving students in grades 9-12; or will begin serving students in grade 9 or students in grades 9 and 10 in the first year of implementation (2027-2028) and will progressively scale up by adding at least one grade level per year after the first year of implementation.
• Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH)
  • NEW applicants serving students in grades 9-12; or will begin serving students in grade 9 or students in grades 9 and 10 in the first year of implementation (2027-2028) and will progressively scale up by adding at least one grade level per year after the first year of implementation.
• Virtual and Hybrid Program Accelerator (VHPA) 
  • School systems or open-enrollment charter schools serving K-12 students 
  • School systems or open-enrollment charter schools that did not previously participate in VHPA.

Deadline Details

Applications were due December 3, 2025. A similar timeline is anticipated annually.

Award Details

Grant Program: Estimated Total Funding Available, Estimated Range of Awards, Estimated Number of Awards:

• Leadership & Instructional Foundations for Texas (LIFT): $200M available?, $855k-4.5M award range?, 350-475? awards
• LIFT Add-On: School Improvement PLC Support (LIFT SI PLC): $45M available?, $60K-120K award range?, 150-300? awards
• School Improvement Curriculum and Instruction Support Grant (SI CISG): $10M available?, up to $200K award range?, up to 50?? awards
• Blended Learning Grant (BLG): $4M available, Academic- Up to $405 award range / K?Strat Ops- Up to $720K award range?, 15-20?? awards
• Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (APCSP): $1.292M available?, $10K- 100K award range?, up to 50?? awards
• PREP Program Allotment: $146M? available
  • PREP Residency Preservice Program: ?$24K-1.6M award range, all eligible districts may receive the allotment?
  • PREP Grow Your Own (GYO) Program: $8K-480K award range, ?all eligible districts may receive the allotment?
  • PREP Mentorship Program:? $3K-120K award range, all eligible districts may receive the allotment?
• Texas Strategic Staffing (TSS) for Residencies Grant: $2.92M? available, up to $58.4K award range?, up to 50? awards
• Additional Days School Year Planning and Execution Program (ADSY PEP): $7.7M available?, Summer- Up to $200K award range? / Full Year- Up to $600K award range?, 30-36? awards
• School Action Fund (SAF): $30M available?, Create new: Up to $1.3M award range / Reassign: Up to $750k award range / Restart: Up to $1.1M award range, 27-30? awards
• Navigating Excellence through Targeted Supports (NEXT)?: $1.75M available?, $150K? to 500K award range, up to 5? awards
• Early College High School (ECHS): $800K available?, up to $100K award range?, up to 8? awards
• Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH): $1M available?, up to $100K award range?, up to 10? awards
• Virtual and Hybrid Program Accelerator (VHPA): $5M? available, up to $230K award range?, 10-14? awards